hairy man in Arthur Marrin Braidwood hairy man
ABC News reported that the story of Arthur Marrin and his encounter with a hairy man in 1893 is part of the folklore of the New South Wales Southern Highlands. Historian Graham Joyner wrote that reports from south-eastern Australia described an unidentified animal variously called the Yahoo, Austra…
- Record ID
- 4,146
- Year
- 2,016
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 4146
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Publication
- 'Hairy man' encountered by Arthur Marrin 123 years ago still unidentified; ABC News
- Published
- 2016-08-05
- Narrative type
- Encounter Accounts
- Public-text label
- hairy man
- Archive period
- Digital Era
- Location
- Braidwood, NSW (NSW): B
- State or territory
- NSW
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Text Item
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ABC News reported that the story of Arthur Marrin and his encounter with a hairy man in 1893 is part of the folklore of the New South Wales Southern Highlands. Historian Graham Joyner wrote that reports from south-eastern Australia described an unidentified animal variously called the Yahoo, Australian ape or Australian gorilla, and named Marrin's Braidwood account as one of the best-known examples.
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