ghosts in Eaglehawk and Crow
ia — Sample of work at Billiminah Creek — Rock-carvings near Sydney — The Australian muse— Corroborees Pp. 125 — 141 CHAPTER XI SORCERY, SUPERSTITIONS, RELIGION Sorcery, superstitions, religion — The bane of sorcery — Native magicians or doctors — Their professed powers — Native phlebotomy — The ra…
- Record ID
- 3,607
- Year
- 1,899
- Source
- Internet Archive
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- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 3607
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- Eaglehawk and Crow; John Mathew
- Published
- 1899
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- ghosts
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
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ia — Sample of work at Billiminah Creek — Rock-carvings near Sydney — The Australian muse— Corroborees Pp. 125 — 141 CHAPTER XI SORCERY, SUPERSTITIONS, RELIGION Sorcery, superstitions, religion — The bane of sorcery — Native magicians or doctors — Their professed powers — Native phlebotomy — The rainbow — Spells — Names of deceased persons — Sacred pebbles— Ghosts — Ancient heroes — Deities Pp. 142 — 148 xv-i CONTENTS CHAPTER XII AUSTILVLIAN LANGUAGES Introduction to Australian languages— Bleek's classification— The writer's classification— Fundamental principle of word-structure agglutination— Phonic system— Etymology— Formation.
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