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Byamee in More Australian Legendary Tales

YEAR
1898
PLACE
New South Wales
SOURCE
Internet Archive
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Byamee in More Australian Legendary Tales

; what he had seen became a tradition in his tribe. He had broken the law of Byamee by leaving his own hunting ground, so was not allowed to live long after his return. But yet so famous was he from his far journeyings that when he died, followed by a terrific crash, a huge meteor shot across the s…

Record ID
3,086
Year
1,898
Source
Internet Archive
Index status
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Record ID
3086
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
More Australian Legendary Tales; K. Langloh Parker
Published
1898 public-domain folklore collection exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
Byamee
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
New South Wales (NSW): B
State or territory
NSW
Source voice
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; what he had seen became a tradition in his tribe. He had broken the law of Byamee by leaving his own hunting ground, so was not allowed to live long after his return. But yet so famous was he from his far journeyings that when he died, followed by a terrific crash, a huge meteor shot across the sky, thereby telling the tribes for miles round that a great spirit had passed from the earth. From generation to generation was told the story of Wuminnah's journey and the strange water he had seen, 54 More Australian Talcs kTii Sit zbt leg corrohsoptes were seen fiioc shells he had brought. Az h:zigib *Jbt Wmadah re89 tlotfcee ot ".

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