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spirits in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia

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1842
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Western Australia
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spirits in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia

a pale yellow- coloured hark. (. — A term used liy the natives to deMgoate Ibeii ancestors or forefatliers, of whom they do not appear to have any disUnct tradition, except that they were very large men. Some snpiiose that they came over the sea, others suppose that the; came from the interior, Iro…

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2097
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A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia; George Fletcher Moore
Published
1842
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
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spirits
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Early Colonial
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Western Australia (WA): B
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WA
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a pale yellow- coloured hark. (. — A term used liy the natives to deMgoate Ibeii ancestors or forefatliers, of whom they do not appear to have any disUnct tradition, except that they were very large men. Some snpiiose that they came over the sea, others suppose that the; came from the interior, Irom the north and nonli-cast. Their general belief is that the spirits of the dead go westward over tlie sea to the islandof aouhf, yMtii they connect with the home of their falliera. I bare a strong beUef that they are identical with the nativcH of Papua or New Guinea, having lately seen a young man from that eouutry, who exactly.

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