Spirit
This page groups search-ready records carrying the label “Spirit” in public source text or archive coding. It preserves a discovery term without treating the label as proof, a biological category, or a claim that distinct cultural traditions are interchangeable.
- Search-ready records
- 623
- Public sources
- 6
- States / territories
- 8
- Dated span
- 1842–1927
Terminology belongs to the cited public sources and may be historical, contested, culturally specific, or outdated.
Representative records — first 60
- spirit in Canberra history and legends#3678ew revolvers, and stood in readiness for defence. But this was unneces- sary, as the animal, on reaching the open grave, stopped suddenly, and with head erect, surveyed the surround- 76 CANBERRA: ings, pawed the earth f…
- spirit in Canberra history and legends#3677miller being John Gregory; Woden, the residence of Dr. Murray; Jerrabomberra, the estate of P. C. Palmer; Tuggranong, owned by one McQuoid, a victim of the Dunbar disaster; northwards were the farmsteads of the Shumacks…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3761ey may be seen under each fallen leaf, having no doubt gone there to escape the terrific heat. AT LOW TIDE This is a story of, in part, the coming of white men to Australia. Whether it is wholly true or not does not, pe…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3760ask just how to make some rain for himself. Wingaree left his tree and soared up into the sky and reached the place behind the cloud. There he sat watching until the rain spirit appeared. It was too angry to speak. Wing…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3759long cloud lay on the horizon, and Wingaree imagined that he could hide behind it and watch until the rain spirit came into view, and then he could step out and show his great respect and ask just how to make some rain…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3758n came from and search out the spirit that was there; and one hot night when the moon was full and the air was scorched and the ground was baked and the grass was all burnt off and the trees were withered, he decided th…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3757till to a very big lake that always had water in it. Wingaree was, however, very clever, and he believed that he could make rain. But he was afraid to put his powers to the test, for if he made any mistake the rain woul…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3756were now living no seeds sent out the little plumule nor their little radicle, and no new plants grew to grace the world with fresh flowers, nor to produce the roots nor fruits for food. Again the maiden thought of bese…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3755next year no new plants came up. This was noticed and talked about by all the people. Even on the river where a few of her people were now living no seeds sent out the little plumule nor their little radicle, and no new…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3754fresh. They were composed of the clay that the tribal doctor used to make the mystic markings, and the tribal priest used for the same purpose when he wished to invoke the aid of a Great Spirit. Who had used it? Not onc…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3753ery body he came across, but they were none of them the one he sought. A last he came to two little heaps of clay. What was this? These heaps told to him a story. They were fresh. They were composed of the clay that the…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3752hen added to the cunning of the black made a vicious compound, and for many years that compound is all that has been seen of the nature of our autocthonous predecessors. Beneath it is still the gentleness and the softne…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3751of the great delay occasioned by the ancestor who refused to let it go back to where it had fallen from. The roar is the voice of the ancestor who always refuses to go back. When the calm came again it was because the s…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3750ey said, and Arrilla would return with news and the spirit he had seen and spoken with would assist them if they had to fight with any trespassing tribe or family group. Soon after Arrilla joined his people again, havin…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3749and down below his people still wondered what had caused it. They thought it was because Arrilla had met the spirit and was talking to it, and as the shade passed and the sun came out bright again and the gladness that…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3748nd be received by the King. But Arrilla told him to say that a spirit gave him all this information about the sea and the waves, and that while it was being told Arrilla was present. Both forgot their fears of the stran…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3747he sea and lived there all his life he had no story of what it is, nor how it comes to be there, nor why the waves beat on the shore. He advised the strange man to wait until he had gone back and communicated the news t…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3746tfall of someone. lie moved not a muscle. His spears were in the hand that held the shield. The noise ceased. Then the air darkened. There were no clouds, but a great deep shade spread all over the earth. Arrilla looked…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3745-one of sadness and pessimism. The council sat in the dark. Only the fighting men and the priests were in it after all. Arrilla was there. The discussion did not last long, and it all centred upon the tale that Arrilla…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3744g his forces down and get the gain he was after. So the meeting broke up. Arrilla was free. That much he had gained he knew, for he saw very plainly that though he had been always before successful in placating the King…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3743family was beginning to make them impatient. Then he pointed to the highest spot on the range. He told them that in his wanderings there he had seen a spirit. The spirit was not friendly to him, but would be good to any…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3742respond to a summons as unhurriedly as he wished. Arrilla asked to be allowed to speak, and the permission being given, he drew himself erect and waited until he saw that the expectancy of the warriors of the family was…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3741d and no one had seen her going. When daylight came the whole tribe engaged in the search, for it was believed that she could not possibly have gone far, and it was feared that she had received some hurt. She had entere…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3740another hair that took root and became a plant. The rain kept on longer than ever before and there was a great flood, but not any of these hair rushes was destroyed. To-day they grow where the ground is wettest, as well…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3739the distant crack of the broken twig, and the rustle o' disturbed dead leaves. The woman called upon the spirit, beating her breasts the while. Between her and the stealthily creeping man was a tea- tree stump. The top…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3738undoing. The smoke was observed by her husband. He had never ceased to watch and to search for her. With all his cunning he approached the little blue curling threads. The woman was by no means unmindful. Her ears were…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3737ainted flesh was not so terrible a task as that of playing the grim game of hide and seek for life, in which she was obliged now to indulge continually. Had she not been one of the women who had learned secrets that wer…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3736is coloured water for some days, and when it was removed not only was the fur dyed red, but the skin itself was changed. It was more serviceable. So ever afterwards those blacks soaked all their animal skins in a soluti…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3735hape passed over. It had long legs that hung down and clawed. The claws were not far above the black man's head. It was distinctly an animal. He could see the body and the neck, the head, the ears and the eyes, but in a…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3734the river until it joined the great sheet of water. That sheet was either the sea or a very great lake. How far from the head waters of the Murrumbidgee the sheet of water lay we cannot guess, but from the manner in whi…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3733day he bethought him of the spirits, so he kept a good lookout in order not to miss any signs of the clay with which to draw the marks of the mysticism. Also he killed a white wallaby and plucked off all its fur. When h…
- spirit in Australian Legends#3732he chief. He was determined to find his wife, and he was no less determined to punish the man. Therefore, next day he chose one of his sons to act in his place, and he set out to succeed or die. For many days he travell…
- spirit in Tales of the Dandenongs Fourth Series#2343eptible impression upon the little community settled there. Both individually and collectively there was an advance. But on no one was the change so marked as on Peter Pinsent Money. Within the tolerant atmosphere by wh…
- spirit in Tales of the Dandenongs Fourth Series#2342d still her heart she suddenly sat upright, and, with a look of glad surprise and wonder in her eyes, softly murmured: “Hulloa! . . . Boy!” Those there are would say that, at the last, a dormant cell of memory was unacc…
- spirit in Tales of the Dandenongs First Series#2338of escape from him. The impact was severe enough to leave her slightly stunned. It was, therefore, some little time before she could sit up and apprehensively look around for her assailant. To her great joy he was nowhe…
- spirit in Tales of the Dandenongs First Series#2336t “the professor” was very weak; so weak that he could scarcely offer a protest. He himself had been to blame, and he, therefore, ought to meet the costs of attention. As the doctor shook his head the patient murmured t…
- spirit in Australian Legends#1908he shadow of the tree was impenetrable to the "little men," and a bright star shed a beam to the tortoise. The sorcerer saw that he must die before he could pass the little men and he and his party returned home. He sha…
- spirit in Australian Legends#1904mes, when he had donned the mystic pipe-clay bands, went right up to the spring and talked with it there. When he came back he bore with him beautiful bunches of ferns of many kinds-Hymenophyllum and Asplenium, portions…
- spirit in Australian Legends#1903he side gushed the spring. In dry times It simply was swallowed up in peaty ground beneath the tea-tree and Leptospermum and Ceratopetalums, but in rainy times it o'erbore them and joined the river. A spirit often came…
- spirit in Australian Legends#1902des were far more dense than the steep sides of the river. The Leptospermum flourished there, and waratahs were in crimson splendour. Out from a rock wall at the side gushed the spring. In dry times It simply was swallo…
- spirit in Tales of the Dandenongs Third Series#1465ther! Every hour, every minute that she remains with me now will be a heartache for both of us. It is better that the parting should take place at once!” These brave words—although quietly spoken—did not hide from Fathe…
- spirit in Tales of the Dandenongs Third Series#1464is wife and his business came to be shamefully neglected. * * * * * * * * * Unrecognised by either of them, the trouble began as soon as the honeymoon was over. Because of his abilities as an entertainer, invitations to…
- spirit in Tales of the Dandenongs Third Series#1459These brave words—although quietly spoken—did not hide from Father Greenhill the deep emotional strain under which Mrs. Britten laboured in giving them utterance. Her entirely unselfish attitude revealed a spirit of gen…
- spirit in Tales of the Dandenongs Third Series#1458Unrecognised by either of them, the trouble began as soon as the honeymoon was over. Because of his abilities as an entertainer, invitations to social gatherings poured upon them. This manifestation of friendliness and…
- spirit in Australian Fairy Tales#1408arching songs, as a rule, have a very brightening effect upon the singers. Words and music are alike intended to bring this about. Knowing this to be the case, and realising that as the long day stretched itself out, ma…
- spirit in Australian Fairy Tales#1405upon all who drink of them; for though the Prince had not said a word about it, they contain certain life-giving properties which bring to those who drink them the most enchanting results. It is because of these peculia…
- spirit in Australian Fairy Tales#1404indrops, and as these are very heavy for such wee folk to carry—especially in the teeth of a hot driving wind—they were somewhat longer in coming up than they should have been. Nevertheless they were not too late, and,…
- spirit in Australian Fairy Tales#1401ed until the next day. Then, in the highest possible spirits, they set about their final march, singing with the greatest gusto as they went their famous marching chorus:— Left! Right! Left! Right! Soon will come the co…
- spirit in Steve Brown's Bunyip#2399ne of the stiff arms, I shook the unresponsive hand in silent farewell, and paddled back towards the flame that marked my islet, actually feeling envious of the quiet corpse. Misfortune makes us sadly selfish, and so li…
- spirit in Steve Brown's Bunyip#2398wning men will clutch at straws! This one, indeed, was soon to fail me; for presently, to my utter despair, the noise of tumultuous waters ahead gave warning of another cataract—another, or the same one, for, what with…
- spirit in Steve Brown's Bunyip#2396Aberdeen, and habitually comes ashore in latitude 0 with a Glengarry cap on, no umbrella, and naked feet, is not a being to stand argument. One night the moon rose full, and right aft. She rose, too, with a big black sp…
- spirit in Steve Brown's Bunyip#2395th the death-film. And he lay there and watched me, staring fixedly. It was a bright sunshiny day, the birds were singing cheerily about us, and the wash of the sea was very faint. From the expression on his face I thou…
- spirit in Australia Felix#3040this hole, the party that worked it made off for the nearest grog-shop, to wet their throats to the memory of the dead, and to discuss future plans. All but one: a lean and haggard-looking man of some five and forty, wh…
- spirit in Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia#4218ungarai tribe, the sexes are supposed to alternate at each successive re- incarnation. In the Nullakun tribe the old times, during which the ancestors walked about the country, are called Musmus, and each of them has hi…
- spirit in Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia#4217the sexes are supposed to alternate at each successive incarnation. In the Yungman tribe there is precisely the same belief in regard to the origin of children as in the Mungarai. For example, a Nanung, or sugar-bag (ho…
- spirit in Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia#4216and always, so my native informant told me, on the look-out for the right lubra. Again, at Crescent Lagoon, the old ancestor Namaran, the thunder man, deposited numbers of spirit children, and, if a Ngaritjbellan woman…
- spirit in Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia#4215RD TO ORIGIN OF CHILDREN 267 bar, on the Roper River, there is a large gum tree full of spirit children, all of them belonging to one of the totems associated with the Nakomara sub-class, and always, so my native inform…
- spirit in Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia#4214As in the case of the snake Uruanda,^ they made the country with all its natural features as they walked along. Wherever they stopped they performed ceremonies, and, when doing so, shook themselves,^ with the result tha…
- spirit in Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia#4213he Arunta tribe — is called Kurnallan. During this time the old ancestors walked about. Each one had his original home, called Burnamandu. As in the case of the snake Uruanda,^ they made the country with all its natural…
- spirit in Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia#4212m them on points such as these, and I did not have the opportunity of coming in contact with less civilised members of these tribes. The Port Essington natives believe that, at first, there were no real human beings, bu…
This collection contains 623 search-ready records. The complete record set remains discoverable through the paginated public record index.