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ghosts in The Australian Race, volume 3

Fir© Water Smoke Ground Wind. nanga. womdL yakko. - machL '- manginna. • tarra. •.tinna. - toa. - morki. . pinganya. - toota, tammi ' munda-munda. . konna, - morcha. • kandoora. . yamboro. ' willara. . toroo. • - rangi. - yookoo. . karra. ' winta. ' milinyoo. . renkana. - toorongaro. ' winta. ' - o…

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1,952
Year
1,886
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Record ID
1952
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
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Fir© Water Smoke Ground Wind. nanga. womdL yakko. - machL '- manginna. • tarra. •.tinna. - toa. - morki. . pinganya. - toota, tammi ' munda-munda. . konna, - morcha. • kandoora. . yamboro. ' willara. . toroo. • - rangi. - yookoo. . karra. ' winta. ' milinyoo. . renkana. - toorongaro. ' winta. ' - olla. - kammo. ' maiyoo. . yamba. . malboomo. . kanuno. God . Ghosts Boomerang . Hill - Wood. Stone • Camp . Yes . No . I Yon . Bark - Good . Bad - Sweet - Food . Hungry Thirsty Eat Sleep - Drink- Walk- See Sit . Yesterday - To-day To-morrow . Where are the Blacks? I don't know Plenty Big . Little- Dead - By-and-by Come on Milk -.

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