Parkhouse papers, SA Museum Archives, AA247
Typed vocabulary of ca.160 words
'NATIVE WORDS taken down by W.C.M. Finniss from a Black-boy named Unahalam Nimdin, aged about fourteen years, of the Kimberly tribe Western Australia, now in the service of Mr Otto Burs [umlaut added in ink over o changed from u] ["of" inserted in ink] Parks [sic], New South Wales. It is more than probable that the language of another tribe may be used as regards some words.'
The State Library of SA catalogue has one entry for a WCM Finniss:
Finniss, William Charles Maxwell
Report on the preparation and auditing of public accounts.
Handwritten / Group no. D 7395(Misc) / 1869 1 cm