spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria and Riverina
arted in the morning. The result of our day's sport was ninety-three fish, beside* those demolished at our midday meal, and a few lobsters, whose aldermanic proportions were the means of their being reserved for the delectation of animals, possessing a higher organisation than the giant codfish of…
- Record ID
- 1,837
- Year
- 1,889
- Source
- Internet Archive
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- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 1837
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- The Aborigines of Victoria and Riverina; Peter Beveridge
- Published
- 1889
- Narrative type
- Giant and Ogre Narratives
- Public-text label
- spirit
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- Victoria and Riverina (VIC): B
- State or territory
- VIC
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arted in the morning. The result of our day's sport was ninety-three fish, beside* those demolished at our midday meal, and a few lobsters, whose aldermanic proportions were the means of their being reserved for the delectation of animals, possessing a higher organisation than the giant codfish of the Murray River. oooooooooooo CHAPTER XI. Relating to their spirit, and their unbounded FAiTff THEREIN. ARORIGINAL RELIGION AS COMPARED WITtt THAT PROFESSED BY CHRISTIANS FROM AN ABORIGINAL. point OF view. Bang ah (doctors), and their powers of spiritual intercourse. In matters of religion these aborigines are very,, very destitute.
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