ghost in The Native Tribes of South Australia
d none of them will venture into the scrub after dark, lest he should encounter the spirits which are sup- posed to roam there. I have heard some admirable specimens of ghost stories frt)m them. In one case I remember the ghost was represented to have set fire to a wurley, and ascended to heaven in…
- Record ID
- 1,551
- Year
- 1,879
- Source
- Internet Archive
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- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 1551
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- The Native Tribes of South Australia; George Taplin, James Dominick Woods, William Wyatt, H. A. E. Meyer, C. W. Schürmann, Samuel Gason, J. W. O. Bennett
- Published
- 1879
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- ghost
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- South Australia (SA): B
- State or territory
- SA
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d none of them will venture into the scrub after dark, lest he should encounter the spirits which are sup- posed to roam there. I have heard some admirable specimens of ghost stories frt)m them. In one case I remember the ghost was represented to have set fire to a wurley, and ascended to heaven in the flame. Tl^e Narrinyeri regard the disapprobation of the spirits of the dead as a thing to be dreaded; and if a serious quarrel takes place between near relatives, some of their friends are sure to interpose with entreaties to the contentious parties to be recon- dded, lest the spirits of the dead should be offended at unseemly.
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