fairy in Australian Aborigines: the languages and customs of several tribes of aborigines in the western district of Victoria, Australia
e, lying on the side, with the head to the west, and the knees drawn up to the chest—a mode of sepulture not uncommon among the aboriginal inhabitants of England. ANECDOTES. 105 CHAPTER XXIII. ANECDOTES. Tue first white man who made his appearance at Port Fairy (a locality named after a small vesse…
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- 1653
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- Australian Aborigines: the languages and customs of several tribes of aborigines in the western district of Victoria, Australia; James Dawson
- Published
- 1881
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- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
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- Western District, VIC (VIC): B
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- VIC
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e, lying on the side, with the head to the west, and the knees drawn up to the chest—a mode of sepulture not uncommon among the aboriginal inhabitants of England. ANECDOTES. 105 CHAPTER XXIII. ANECDOTES. Tue first white man who made his appearance at Port Fairy (a locality named after a small vessel called the Fairy) was considered by the aborigines to be a supernatural being ; and, as he was discovered in the act of smoking a pipe, they said that he must be made of fire, for they saw smoke coming out of his mouth. Though they were very ready to attack a stranger, they took good care not to go near this man of fire, who very.
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