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devil in Across Australia, volume 2

YEAR
1912
PLACE
Northern Territory
SOURCE
Internet Archive
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devil in Across Australia, volume 2

naming Finke River, 82-3 ; turned back by natives at Attack Creek, 442-3 Sturt Plains, 456 Styphelia mitchelli, the only species of the genus in Central Australia, 152 Sugar or honey bag, 371, 466-8 Sun-dew plant, 313 Swainsonia canescens, 150 Tableland country, artesian bores on, 446 Taeniopygia c…

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3,149
Year
1,912
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
3149
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
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
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
devil
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Central Australia: B; Finke River, NT (NT): high
State or territory
NT
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naming Finke River, 82-3 ; turned back by natives at Attack Creek, 442-3 Sturt Plains, 456 Styphelia mitchelli, the only species of the genus in Central Australia, 152 Sugar or honey bag, 371, 466-8 Sun-dew plant, 313 Swainsonia canescens, 150 Tableland country, artesian bores on, 446 Taeniopygia castanotis, chestnut-eared finches, 41 Tasmanian "tiger" and "devil" exterminated on the mainland by the wild dog, 68 Tate, Professor, geology of Central Australia, 32, 82, 92, 139 Teara, a genus of moths the caterpillars of which make a large bag, 70 Tecoma, 99 Teeth, knocking out in Warramunga tribe, 385 ; Kaitish tribe, 33 1 et seq..

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