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spirits in The Australian Race, volume 1

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1886
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spirits in The Australian Race, volume 1

es less. As regards burials, the nearest place is used at which a hole can be easily dug with a pointed stick and the hands. It is generally between four and five feet in depth. The limbs of the corpse are securely tied together with bands of rushes or bark, so as, if possible, to hinder it from ge…

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1,885
Year
1,886
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Record ID
1885
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Australian Race, volume 1; Edward Micklethwaite Curr
Published
1886
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
spirits
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Eastern Australia: B
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es less. As regards burials, the nearest place is used at which a hole can be easily dug with a pointed stick and the hands. It is generally between four and five feet in depth. The limbs of the corpse are securely tied together with bands of rushes or bark, so as, if possible, to hinder it from getting out of the grave and wandering about in the shape of a ghost, of which the Australian Black, in all parts, is perpetually apprehensive. Wood and brush are then thrown into the grave, and set fire to, so as just to singe the hair off the body, after which the earth is thrown in as quickly as possible. But, though reasonable care is.

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