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1878
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Victoria
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fairy in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1

epresent snakes, and on the other there is probably a copy of the device that the deceased had carved on his shield. Major Mitchell says that on the Bogan, not far from O.xley's table-land, he found the burial ground of Milmeridien, and the natives scarcely lifted their heads as they passed it. It…

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1,878
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1758
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Internet Archive
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The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1; R. Brough Smyth
Published
1878
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Retellings and Adaptations
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fairy
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Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Victoria and Tasmania (VIC): B
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VIC
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epresent snakes, and on the other there is probably a copy of the device that the deceased had carved on his shield. Major Mitchell says that on the Bogan, not far from O.xley's table-land, he found the burial ground of Milmeridien, and the natives scarcely lifted their heads as they passed it. It is thus graphically described : — " This burial ground was a fairy-like spot, in the midst of a scrub of drooping acacias. It was an extensive space, laid out in little walks, which were narrow and smooth, as if intended only for 'sprites.' All these ran in gracefully-curved lines, and enclosed the heaving heaps of reddish earth, which.

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