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Birrahgnooloo in Australian Legendary Tales

YEAR
1896
PLACE
New South Wales
SOURCE
Project Gutenberg
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Birrahgnooloo in Australian Legendary Tales

ry as such; in fact, to all intents and purposes, the same." GLOSSARY Bahloo, moon. Beeargah, hawk. Beeleer, black cockatoo. Beereeun, prickly lizard. Bibbee, woodpecker, bird. Bibbil, shiny-leaved box-tree. Bilber, a large kind of rat. Billai or Billay, crimson-wing parrot. Bindeah, a prickle or s…

Record ID
2,458
Year
1,896
Source
Project Gutenberg
Index status
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Record ID
2458
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies; K. Langloh Parker
Published
1896; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
Birrahgnooloo
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
North-western New South Wales (NSW): B
State or territory
NSW
Source voice
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Publicness
Public Domain Public Web

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ry as such; in fact, to all intents and purposes, the same." GLOSSARY Bahloo, moon. Beeargah, hawk. Beeleer, black cockatoo. Beereeun, prickly lizard. Bibbee, woodpecker, bird. Bibbil, shiny-leaved box-tree. Bilber, a large kind of rat. Billai or Billay, crimson-wing parrot. Bindeah, a prickle or small thorn. Bingah wingul, needle bush, a tall thorny shrub. Birrahgnooloo, woman's name, meaning "face like a tomahawk handle." Birrahlee, baby. Birrableegul, children. Boobootella, the big bunch of feathers at the back of an emu. Boolooral, an owl. Boomerang, a curved weapon used in hunting and in warfare by the blacks; called Burren.

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