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wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1

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1878
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Victoria
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wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1

at a distance of about two hundred yards in the direction of the spot where he had lost his fat there were placed at short distances apart smouldering pieces of bark, which looked like huge fire-flies on the ground. One man attended to these pieces of bark, kept the fire alive, but at the same time…

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3,497
Year
1,878
Source
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Record ID
3497
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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Retellings and Adaptations
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wizard
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
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Victoria and Tasmania (VIC): B
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VIC
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at a distance of about two hundred yards in the direction of the spot where he had lost his fat there were placed at short distances apart smouldering pieces of bark, which looked like huge fire-flies on the ground. One man attended to these pieces of bark, kept the fire alive, but at the same time prevented any of them from bursting into flame. Malcolm, a wizard — a most learned doctor — who believed he could fly and cut the air as well as any eagle, now commenced his labors. He disappeared in the darkness ; boughs cracked and rustled as he took his supposed flight through the trees towards the sky. Malcolm's voice was heard..

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