supernatural in Kamilaroi and Kurnai
e ancestors of the Kurnai. In this case Yeertino- would have been a totem 324 SUMMARY AND GENERAL CONCLUSIONS. of the Bunjil (Eaglehawk) class. Hence, every descendant under the partially-changed descent in the male line would be Yeeriing, and also Bunjil. We might thus understand how Bunjil, meani…
- Record ID
- 1,611
- Year
- 1,880
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 1611
- 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; Port Phillip, VIC (VIC): high
- State or territory
- VIC
- Source voice
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e ancestors of the Kurnai. In this case Yeertino- would have been a totem 324 SUMMARY AND GENERAL CONCLUSIONS. of the Bunjil (Eaglehawk) class. Hence, every descendant under the partially-changed descent in the male line would be Yeeriing, and also Bunjil. We might thus understand how Bunjil, meaning Eaglehawk in the Western Port tribes, would appear as the supernatural being living in the moun- tains at the source of the Yarra River — the eponym, as it were, of their tribe.* The customs of the Port Phillip tribes, as recorded by Buckley, the " wild white man," have a remarkable resemblance to those of the Kiirnai, especially as.
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