spirits in Across Australia, volume 2
na vespcrtilio, the bean-tree, 3IO, 314 1 ia, 45, 62 Etiquette amongst natives, 452 vp/us eudesmoideSf 105 n Eucalyptus microtlieca, the swamp gum, 44, 76, S2 Eucalyfttus plalypoda, 449 Eucalyptus rostrata, the river gum tree, 76, 81, 176 Eucalyptus terminalis, 151, 176 Euphorbia, 79 Eupodotis aus…
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- 3,142
- Year
- 1,912
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- Internet Archive
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- Record ID
- 3142
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- Publication
- Across Australia, volume 2; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen
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- 1912 public-domain travel and ethnographic text exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- spirits
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Central Australia: B; Finke River, NT (NT): high
- State or territory
- NT
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na vespcrtilio, the bean-tree, 3IO, 314 1 ia, 45, 62 Etiquette amongst natives, 452 vp/us eudesmoideSf 105 n Eucalyptus microtlieca, the swamp gum, 44, 76, S2 Eucalyfttus plalypoda, 449 Eucalyptus rostrata, the river gum tree, 76, 81, 176 Eucalyptus terminalis, 151, 176 Euphorbia, 79 Eupodotis aus traits, 313 Euro, a species of kangaroo. 66. 166-7, 324 Evil spirits, traditions concerning, 332-3 . Exccecaria sp., 457 Eyre, Lake, basin of, 2-4 ; 8, 10, 13, 161 Ferns, at waterhole in George Gill Range, 99, 100 Field, Mr., 362 Fighting of natives, 198 Finches, presence of near water, 41 Finke Gorge, 142, 162 Finke River, 4, 8, 81, 85,.
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