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devil in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2

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1878
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Victoria
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devil in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2

e Sir Amos Norcott, drew a sketch on the fly-leaf of a book of this man running after a pig with a spear sticking out of its back, and showed it to the prisoner, who instantly recognised his own likeness, and was so struck with terror that he trembled all over, and admitted the offence at once, at…

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3,550
Year
1,878
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
3550
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2; R. Brough Smyth
Published
1878 public-domain Victorian and Tasmanian ethnographic source exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
devil
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
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Victoria and Tasmania (VIC): B
State or territory
VIC
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e Sir Amos Norcott, drew a sketch on the fly-leaf of a book of this man running after a pig with a spear sticking out of its back, and showed it to the prisoner, who instantly recognised his own likeness, and was so struck with terror that he trembled all over, and admitted the offence at once, at the same time begging Mr. Norcott to put away the Djenga, or devil's book. I have sometimes shown pictures to natives who had never before seen any, and they generally, at once, recognised the objects represented. Mr. Wake remarks, regarding their own drawings — " They may sometimes exhibit a certain amount of rude vigor, but, as a rule,.

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