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spirit in Notes on the Aborigines of New South Wales

e was one of themselves who liad come to life again. A similar l)elief was discovered at Port Lincoln, South Australia, in 1846, by Mr. Schiirmann, who says, " they certainly ))elieve in tlie i)re-existence of the souls of l)lack men."|| It is stated in the Hev. (t. Taplin's work, that among tlie N…

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3,074
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1,907
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3074
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Notes on the Aborigines of New South Wales; R. H. Mathews
Published
1907 public-domain ethnographic text exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
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Spirit-Person Narratives
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Archive period
Federation Era
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New South Wales (NSW): B; Port Lincoln, SA (SA): high
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SA
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e was one of themselves who liad come to life again. A similar l)elief was discovered at Port Lincoln, South Australia, in 1846, by Mr. Schiirmann, who says, " they certainly ))elieve in tlie i)re-existence of the souls of l)lack men."|| It is stated in the Hev. (t. Taplin's work, that among tlie Nimbaldi 1ril)e, alxiut Miumt Freeling in South .\ustralia, a spirit called Muree, whicli may lie either a male or a female, meets a lilack woman, and throws a small waddy, wtclchv, under her thuml) nail, or uiidc-r tlie great toe nail, and so enters the woman's ]:)odv. In ibie time slie gives birth to a child. § * " Alioritfiiios of.

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