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ghost in Initiation Ceremonies

YEAR
1904
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ghost in Initiation Ceremonies

When all was prepared, the men began to shout, as if driving game, to beat the logs and tree-stems with clubs and tomahawk-heads, and in fact to represent a "kangaroo drive." The Tutnurring being carefully shrouded in their blankets, were told to come and see where "the ghosts had caught a kangaroo…

Record ID
1,306
Year
1,904
Source
Wikisource
Index status
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Record context

Record ID
1306
Source
Wikisource
Publication
Native Tribes of South-East Australia; A. W. Howitt
Published
1904
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
ghost
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
South-Eastern Australia: B
Source voice
Source Grounded Section Record
Publicness
Public Domain Public Web

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When all was prepared, the men began to shout, as if driving game, to beat the logs and tree-stems with clubs and tomahawk-heads, and in fact to represent a "kangaroo drive." The Tutnurring being carefully shrouded in their blankets, were told to come and see where "the ghosts had caught a kangaroo." On reaching the spot where the men were still imitating the driving of game, the novices were placed in a row close to the log on which the game was displayed.

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