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spirits in The Native Tribes of South Australia

YEAR
1879
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South Australia
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spirits in The Native Tribes of South Australia

o roam about armed with a rope, with which he catches people. All the Naninyeri, old and young, are dreadfully afraid of seeing ghosts, and none of them will venture into the scrub after dark, lest he should encounter the spirits which are sup- posed to roam there. I have heard some admirable speci…

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3,279
Year
1,879
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
3279
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Native Tribes of South Australia; George Taplin, James Dominick Woods, William Wyatt, H. A. E. Meyer, C. W. Schürmann, Samuel Gason, J. W. O. Bennett
Published
1879 public-domain South Australian ethnographic book exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
spirits
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
South Australia (SA): B
State or territory
SA
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o roam about armed with a rope, with which he catches people. All the Naninyeri, old and young, are dreadfully afraid of seeing ghosts, and none of them will venture into the scrub after dark, lest he should encounter the spirits which are sup- posed to roam there. I have heard some admirable specimens of ghost stories frt)m them. In one case I remember the ghost was represented to have set fire to a wurley, and ascended to heaven in the flame. Tl^e Narrinyeri regard the disapprobation of the spirits of the dead as a thing to be dreaded; and if a serious quarrel takes place between near relatives, some of their friends are sure to.

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