supernatural in Kamilaroi and Kurnai
tion took place along the coast, either from the direction of Twofold Bay or from Western Port. Access from either place would be attended with much the same difficulties. There are but few facts upon which an opinion may be formed. In the Western Port tribes the word Bunjil was Eaglehawk ; and, al…
- Record ID
- 1,610
- Year
- 1,880
- Source
- Internet Archive
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- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 1610
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- Kamilaroi and Kurnai; Lorimer Fison and A. W. Howitt
- Published
- 1880
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- supernatural
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- New South Wales and Victoria (NSW): B
- State or territory
- NSW
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tion took place along the coast, either from the direction of Twofold Bay or from Western Port. Access from either place would be attended with much the same difficulties. There are but few facts upon which an opinion may be formed. In the Western Port tribes the word Bunjil was Eaglehawk ; and, also, as I have pointed out (p. 210), Bunjil was regarded as a supernatural being living at the sources of the Yarra. An explanation may be suggested as to the present signifi- cation of the word among the Kurnai. With them Bunjil means an elder. It does not merely imply age, for Boldain is " old man " — it implies age, and, I think, some.
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