ghosts in The Australian Race, volume 3
EAD OF DIAHAimMA. 13 Month Teetii- Hair of the head - Beard- nmnder Grass - - - T<Migiie Stomach Breasts Thigh Foot . - - Bone - - - Blood- Skin - - - Fat - Bowels Excrement - War-spear - Beed-spear Wommera or thiowing-stick Shield Tomahawk - Canoe- Snn - Moon - Star - light - Dark - Cold - Heat -…
- Record ID
- 1,951
- Year
- 1,886
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 1951
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- The Australian Race, volume 3; Edward Micklethwaite Curr
- Published
- 1886
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- ghosts
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- Eastern Australia: B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
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EAD OF DIAHAimMA. 13 Month Teetii- Hair of the head - Beard- nmnder Grass - - - T<Migiie Stomach Breasts Thigh Foot . - - Bone - - - Blood- Skin - - - Fat - Bowels Excrement - War-spear - Beed-spear Wommera or thiowing-stick Shield Tomahawk - Canoe- Snn - Moon - Star - light - Dark - Cold - Heat - Day - Night- - Fire - . Water Smoke Gronnd Wmd- Bain - God - Ghosts No. 139.— Head or 'DiamastisA'— continued. Boomerang - Hill - dthawa. eeira. endthaa. - nnga. - yamberri. - yagoo. • dthalango. • pnrra. - dthamboo. - walalla. - d'theena. - mogo. - koo-ur-roo. . binna. - tammee. - koonna. - moorja. - knndwnrra. woorra. - koonbnrra. -.
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