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wizard in Queensland, Australia

YEAR
1861
PLACE
Queensland
SOURCE
Internet Archive
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wizard in Queensland, Australia

would recommend. From their manner of living, and especially from their always having a fire burning on the bare ground in front of their miser- able huts, close to where they sleep, they are peculiarly subject to accidents from fire. Their feet are often burnt severely, and sometimes other parts o…

Record ID
1,772
Year
1,861
Source
Internet Archive
Index status
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Record ID
1772
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
Queensland, Australia; John Dunmore Lang
Published
1861
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
wizard
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Queensland (QLD): B
State or territory
QLD
Source voice
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would recommend. From their manner of living, and especially from their always having a fire burning on the bare ground in front of their miser- able huts, close to where they sleep, they are peculiarly subject to accidents from fire. Their feet are often burnt severely, and sometimes other parts of their bodies. Internal diseases are imiformly ascribed to witchcraft or sor- cery. Some black fellow, it is alleged, ill-disposed towards the^i patient, has swallowed a stone or bone, and vomiting it up again, .has spit it out at him, a process which is sure to make him ill, n THE ABORIGINES.. 841 if not to kill him. The wizard is.

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