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spirit in North Queensland Ethnography. Bulletin No. 9. Burial ceremonies, and disposal of the dead

then he again trough string-with wudyego kadaltchal. Nayun badatega, garko duyudirgo firmly ties. This completed, then corpse-with 375 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, gurlngvo mumbal gural gura yandal. Yandaiga namongango trough on-the- head e and stands up. Having risen thence nulu dindal-budo-n…

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2,131
Year
1,907
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2131
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North Queensland Ethnography. Bulletin No. 9. Burial ceremonies, and disposal of the dead; Walter E. Roth
Published
1907
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Spirit-Person Narratives
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spirit
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
North Queensland (QLD): B
State or territory
QLD
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then he again trough string-with wudyego kadaltchal. Nayun badatega, garko duyudirgo firmly ties. This completed, then corpse-with 375 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, gurlngvo mumbal gural gura yandal. Yandaiga namongango trough on-the- head e and stands up. Having risen thence nulu dindal-budo-ngo dudara wauw-u-ngun nangu dirbaiga-budo he quick-very runs spirit- by him abducted-because duyu-dir-go. Gura nangu dauaigo kundai gurlnggo nawaigo corpse- with. And him once killed trough oe there pulelil. Gura nula gimil namalma nangu kaada. ga: gimil fallsdown. ånd he ence Sees him killed-wi Fale stick kana nadega nulu ngundu kadara.

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