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spirit in The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines

YEAR
1880
PLACE
South Australia
SOURCE
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spirit in The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines

QJ 14 THX WOOAJFDJK TBIBK OF CHAPTER II. ^rabitions anb %tqtritB. — (tscthst dbtnts* Ths First Blacks. XJL was the name of the great giant or ancestor of the tribe, and his first camping groond was Moont Mnirhead. The great desire of Craitbul and his wife and two sons was to find some place on whic…

Record ID
3,558
Year
1,880
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
3558
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines; Christina Smith
Published
1880
Narrative type
Giant and Ogre Narratives
Public-text label
spirit
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
South Australia (SA): B
State or territory
SA
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QJ 14 THX WOOAJFDJK TBIBK OF CHAPTER II. ^rabitions anb %tqtritB. — (tscthst dbtnts* Ths First Blacks. XJL was the name of the great giant or ancestor of the tribe, and his first camping groond was Moont Mnirhead. The great desire of Craitbul and his wife and two sons was to find some place on which to settle and liye in peace, free from all fear of an ctiI spirit called ** Tennateona," or ** Woor." They came from Wenger. They lired at Momit Mnirhead for a considerable time in peace. They made their oven, gathered their roots, roasted and ate them, and lived happy. At length, one day, they had made np their oven, put tiieir roots.

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