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devil in Across Australia, volume 2

ra tribe, 479-80 Desert country around Lake Amadeus, 104 et seq. Desert oak (Causarina decaisneana), 79, in, 236 Desert Sandstone, 42, 92 ; used for stone implements, 373 Design of Oruncha drawn on medicine man, 338 Designs on ground during Wollunqua ceremonies, 406 et seq. 508 INDEX Designs, totem…

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3,148
Year
1,912
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Internet Archive
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3148
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Across Australia, volume 2; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen
Published
1912 public-domain travel and ethnographic text exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
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devil
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Central Australia: B
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ra tribe, 479-80 Desert country around Lake Amadeus, 104 et seq. Desert oak (Causarina decaisneana), 79, in, 236 Desert Sandstone, 42, 92 ; used for stone implements, 373 Design of Oruncha drawn on medicine man, 338 Designs on ground during Wollunqua ceremonies, 406 et seq. 508 INDEX Designs, totemic, drawn on backs of young men during Engwara ceremony. 287 Devil's marbles, 360 Dialects of tribes, marked contrast in and suggested cause of origin of, 449-50 Dieri tribe, 19 Dingo, wild dog, time of introduction into Australia and influence of on extermination of Thylacine and Sarcophilus, 67-8 Dog, see Dingo Domestication of animals.

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