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Name (Cartographic)
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Fergusson Island, Moratau
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Indigenous place name
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Moratau
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Indigenous Language Group
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Morima (or Molima) and Galeya
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Languages Spoken
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Dobu
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Minaveha (Kukuya)
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Molima
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Tok Poisin
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and English
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Quote
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Then began the - to the natives, at least - the meaningless mummery of signing on. Each man was brought forward separately […]. McClure signed the fellow' name, and the man attested his signature with whatever cabalistic sign constituted his idea of the 'white master's writing.'
Maritime adventure fiction.
Walsh, J. M. The Last Voyage of the 'Doravi'. NSW Bookstall Company, 1912, p. 90.
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identifier
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GEO-FGI