Spirit People in Ngabaya Spirit People
ABC Education's public Ngabaya: Spirit People resource presents a transcript in which Wanjarrarra is described as a small island where there were many Spirit People. The story names one old Spirit Man as their leader, says he told the other Spirit People to return south to Liwarrinya, and says the…
- Record ID
- 4,148
- Year
- 2,022
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 4148
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Publication
- Ngabaya: Spirit People; ABC Education
- Published
- 2022-03-30
- Narrative type
- Traditional Narratives
- Public-text label
- Spirit People
- Archive period
- Digital Era
- Location
- Borroloola region, NT (NT): B
- State or territory
- NT
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Text Item
Source-grounded excerpt
ABC Education's public Ngabaya: Spirit People resource presents a transcript in which Wanjarrarra is described as a small island where there were many Spirit People. The story names one old Spirit Man as their leader, says he told the other Spirit People to return south to Liwarrinya, and says the Spirit People later heard other Spirit People calling from Sandy Head.
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