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medicine man in The Aborigines of New South Wales

, the use of gesture language and, masonic signs ; (4), the numeration of the aborigines. rpi VKarabari' is an aboriginal name for those dances which our natives jy- , ^ . often have in the forests at night. Hitherto the name has been ^^^ ^ '* written * corrobboree,' but etymologically it should be…

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1,832
Year
1,892
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Record ID
1832
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Aborigines of New South Wales; John Fraser
Published
1892
Narrative type
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Public-text label
medicine man
Archive period
Federation Era
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New South Wales (NSW): B
State or territory
NSW
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, the use of gesture language and, masonic signs ; (4), the numeration of the aborigines. rpi VKarabari' is an aboriginal name for those dances which our natives jy- , ^ . often have in the forests at night. Hitherto the name has been ^^^ ^ '* written * corrobboree,' but etymologically it should be 'karabari,* for it comes from the same root as ' karaji,' a wizard or medicine man, and ' -bari ' is a common formative in the native languages. The ' karabari ' 22 THE ABORIGINES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. bas been usually regarded as a form of amusement, a dance to wbile away the time on the moonlight nights ; but the men alone engage in it,.

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