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ghosts in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1

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1878
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Victoria
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ghosts in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1

jment. This is the reason they give for keeping away from the grave ; but it is probable that the strong human instinct which leads men to refrain from amusements, cheerful talk, and the common acts of life in the vicinity of tombs and burial places, and the super- stitions which are interwoven wit…

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3,477
Year
1,878
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Internet Archive
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3477
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1; R. Brough Smyth
Published
1878 public-domain Victorian and Tasmanian ethnographic source exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
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Ghost and Apparition Accounts
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ghosts
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
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Victoria and Tasmania (VIC): B
State or territory
VIC
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jment. This is the reason they give for keeping away from the grave ; but it is probable that the strong human instinct which leads men to refrain from amusements, cheerful talk, and the common acts of life in the vicinity of tombs and burial places, and the super- stitions which are interwoven with all our thoughts of death, rather than any dread of wicked spirits, are the causes which lead them to abandon the sepulchre. No thought of danger nor dread of ghosts deters the widow from performing her duties if the performance of them be jjracticable. If the new encampment is within any reasonable distance of the grave, she visits it.

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