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- spirits in The Australian Race, volume 3#1961t so prevalent among them now as it was before the White man came. When a person dies, they skin him (old men and women excepted) ; the skin is dried, and carried about by one of the relatives as a sort of charm. The bo…
- spirit in The Australian Race, volume 3#1960of a bough or the cry of a bird or animal, they receive as his last &r&: well, and believe that his spirit, which till th6n had hovered about them, has taken its departure. If the deceased has been a bad character, he i…
- spirit in The Australian Race, volume 3#1959s, dry them, and carry them about for a time.. After the death of a man, the old men and women commence singing a dirge some hours before daylight, asking the deceased why he left them. The first sound they hear whilst…
- spirit in The Australian Race, volume 3#1958arded to me by Mr. Henry P. Somerset, who got them drawn up by James MacPherson, fonnerly a bushranger, and known by the name of the Wild Scotchman. MacPherson says that the Maryborough or Wide Bay Blacks, whom he had a…
- Baiame in The Australian Race, volume 3#1957aril. I don't know - kamil ngaia Heat - . winungL Day - - - yeradtha. Plenty - burrula. Night - - . ngurn. Big - - - burul. Fire - • - wi. Little - - kai. Water . - kolle, wollun. Dead - - balun. Smoke - - du, dhu. By-a…
- ghost in The Australian Race, volume 3#1956qualities, and habits of which I could not discover. They had a belief in, or more accurately an apprehension of, ghosts; Nwttiure^, the word for shadow, was also the word for ghost. A ghost was generally to be seen at…
- ghost in The Australian Race, volume 3#1955nown him involuntarily to cry out with fear and to denounce the ignorance and stupidity of White people. These fears seem to me to point to some former laws relating to pollutions. They had a very vague belief in water-…
- ghost in The Australian Race, volume 3#1954ome the considera- tion, to what particular Wongoo or Obad suspicion should attach. If no animal had left his tracks on the prepared ground, the friends of the deceased would try to frighten the ghost out of the bark sh…
- ghost in The Australian Race, volume 3#1953If a brown or black snake had been there, some Wongpo would be declared to be the culprit ; if a carpet snake, an Obad ; if a dog, a Banbey, and so on. Then would come the considera- tion, to what particular Wongoo or O…
- ghosts in The Australian Race, volume 3#1952Fir© Water Smoke Ground Wind. nanga. womdL yakko. - machL '- manginna. • tarra. •.tinna. - toa. - morki. . pinganya. - toota, tammi ' munda-munda. . konna, - morcha. • kandoora. . yamboro. ' willara. . toroo. • - rangi.…
- ghosts in The Australian Race, volume 3#1951EAD OF DIAHAimMA. 13 Month Teetii- Hair of the head - Beard- nmnder Grass - - - T<Migiie Stomach Breasts Thigh Foot . - - Bone - - - Blood- Skin - - - Fat - Bowels Excrement - War-spear - Beed-spear Wommera or thiowing-…
- ghosts in The Australian Race, volume 3#1950bandamo T Cold - I don't knoi ¥ - nowa tilffinannia. Heat • - towwurrL %j Day - • Plenty - wolbnnga. Night - qnrknmago. Big - - poorka. Fire - - poori. Little • - wabootcha. Water - kmmno. Dead - - woolama. Smoke - tono…
- ghosts in The Australian Race, volume 3#1949ison to Caps QiovfJEsrsBr— continued. wangallft. . Moath Teeth • of the head same as Beard- Thunder Tongue Stomach Thigh- Foot - Bone - Blood- Skin . Fat Bowels EbcoBment - War-spear • Beed-«pear - Wonunera ot throwing-…
- Baiame in The Australian Race, volume 1#1900hings ; or rather of a great and strong man who made all things by the power of his word. I cannot say whether they reaUy have any knowledge of God or not." The Revd. W. Ridley, a Protestant clergyman, says, in his Kaml…
- supernatural in The Australian Race, volume 1#1899r up and burn every patticle of their hair when cut, to prevent its falling into the hands of a sorcerer, who would infallibly cause their death by means of it. Livingstone, in his account of the Zambesi expedition, p.…
- wizard in The Australian Race, volume 1#1898be always a violence. He cannot imagine that a man who was well two weeks ago should now be lying at death's door with disease, unless some potent wizard had interfered, and by witchcraft broken the thread of life and i…
- wizard in The Australian Race, volume 1#1897a's (chief's) son." De Chaillu, in his Expeditions and Advenn tures in Equatorial Africa, constantly mentions the slaughter of persons who were supposed to have caused the death of others by means of sorcery; see, for i…
- wizard in The Australian Race, volume 1#1896of sorcery; see, for instance, pages 396 and 397. The same writer, at page 338, says: — "The great curse of the whole country is the belief in aniemba, sorcery or witchcraft. The African firmly believes death to be alwa…
- wizard in The Australian Race, volume 1#1895ks is the belief that several things of importance can be effected by means of charms and incantations. The tribes differ somewhat in details and ceremonies, but there is no doubt that the system is the same throughout.…
- supernatural in The Australian Race, volume 1#1894o burn or bury it, lest, falling into the hands of one who has an evil eye, or is a witch, it should be used as a charm to afflict him with headache." Finally, F. Burton (see Transactions of Ethnological Society , new s…
- spirit in The Australian Race, volume 1#1893to the execution of works of art. It was discovered in 1882, or thereabouts, that the Blacks to the westward of Lake Eyre, on the Musgrave Ranges, and, it is believed, in some other portions of Central Australia, wear a…
- spirit in The Australian Race, volume 1#1892ncantations of enemies, and always to portend evil. In the existence, too, of spirits, which are invariably described as malevolent, belief is very general; and the doctors and old men have, most of them, stories to tel…
- spirit in The Australian Race, volume 1#1891th some attention. I remember hearing some Blacks at Kilmore explain, in 1842, that the tail of the grand comet visible at that time consisted of the spears which one of the tribes camped on the Qoulburn was throwing at…
- Baiame in The Australian Race, volume 1#1890estant clergyman, says, in his Kamlaroi, that the tribes on the Namoi and neighbouring rivers (who had long had Missionaries amongst them) believe in a Creator, whom they call Baiame or Maker; that he made man, whom he…
- spirits in The Australian Race, volume 1#1889e engaged in them are subject to remorse 44 THE AUSTRALIAN RACE: and low spirits for some time afterwards. Whether the Blacks have any knowledge of God seems doubtful. That nothing of the nature of worship, prayer, or s…
- spirits in The Australian Race, volume 1#1888believe their horror of consan- guineous marriages proceeds from a feeling of this sort, which they are unable to analyze or explain. I am con- vinced from personal observation, that, after the perpetration of infantici…
- spirits in The Australian Race, volume 1#1887of them pierce the septum of the nose; possibly, however, YORK DISTRICT. 339 this want of uniformity may be merely a neglect of old customs, arising out of the laxity which has no doubt in a general way resulted from, t…
- spirit in The Australian Race, volume 1#1886d sticks, which one of the women carries with her for two or three months, and places every night near a fire made apart for the purpose. Bundles of this sort, it is believed, are very attractive to ghosts, and generall…
- spirits in The Australian Race, volume 1#1885es less. As regards burials, the nearest place is used at which a hole can be easily dug with a pointed stick and the hands. It is generally between four and five feet in depth. The limbs of the corpse are securely tied…
- ghosts in The Australian Race, volume 1#1884• Blacks? ungalooqua ? Cold - - ipegwa. I don't know - ille-bid-ban-na. Heat - • Plenty - koibook. Day - Night - Fire - m • letunga. Big - . Little - - meeania. - mee-et-nie-a. Water - aakie. Dead - - moama. Smoke - lem…
- ghosts in The Australian Race, volume 1#1883know • elabauna. Day - - gullinaua. Plenty- - barotook. Night - lamungma. Big - - - goolingee. Fire - - - bokuneeda. Little - - mulutjil. Water- quarrawa. Dead - - bilingil. Smoke lamutjala. By-and-by - - alang. Ground…
- ghosts in The Australian Race, volume 1#1882e Blacks about their fear of ghosts, I never was able to reaUze their ideas on the subject. They admitted the decay of the body; that if the grave were opened the bones would be found there, but that the flesh would hav…
- ghosts in The Australian Race, volume 1#1881rnt, and the few bones which remain buried. The object sought in tying up the remains of the dead is to prevent the deceased from escaping from the tomb, and firightening or injuring the survivors. The more nearly relat…
- ghost in The Australian Race, volume 1#1880he limbs of the corpse securely, so as to prevent his coming out of the grave in the shape of a ghost. When the body of a relative or friend has been burnt to ashes, the same fear of seeing the deceased, or of being inj…
- ghost in The Australian Race, volume 1#1879m- monly believe that man has a spiritual part I have no doubt, and also that their ideas on the subject are hazy and confused. Of this confusion of ideas the following are instances. When a man dies, it is a very widel…
- ghost in The Australian Race, volume 1#1878e words there are no equiva- lents, but distinct nouns, meaning elder brother and younger brother, elder sister and younger sister, of which the speaker uses one or the other, as he happens to be older oi: younger than…
- ghost in The Australian Race, volume 1#1877, to extend inquiry, the writer addressed him- self to the several Colonial Governments, the. press, and a number of stock-owners, and asked their assistance in the collection of materials for the undertaking which he h…
- 1886 - Queanbeyan Age#680Public AYR report page for 1886 - Queanbeyan Age. Location cue from public page title/path: Queanbeyan, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: WHILST a young man named Flynn was looking after stock at the ba…
- 1886 - Brisbane Courier#679Public AYR report page for 1886 - Brisbane Courier. Location cue from public page title/path: Brisbane, Queensland. Body excerpt retained for review: A report has been received at Albury from the Victorian Upper Murray…
- 1885 - Australian Town and Country Yowie Article#1030Public AYR report page for 1885 - Australian Town and Country Yowie Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales.
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3715idjigar- bel. Spear, boys' — Djinjing. Spear- wood from the hills — Malga ; Wonnar. Spear-wood from the south — Bur- dun. Spear- wood found in swamps — Ku- bert. Spear, to — Gidjal ; Dtan. Speedily — Getget ; Yabbra. Sp…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3714t generally attacks females, and the person whom it selects for its victim pines and dies away almost imperceptibly. To this creature's influence the aborigines attribute all sores and wounds for which they cannot other…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3713(ICG.*^.^ A species of Kingia. Wa-kur-in — (K.G.S.) A species of waterfowl. Walbar— (K.G.S.) The sea-shore. Walbul, ad. — Stretching or reaching over — as Walbul-ngannowin, eating with the neck outstretched, as a horse…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3712on the flats in the Swan River, but no live oysters have been yet discovered in that vicinity. A few very small rock oysters are found in a part of Melville water, and some mud oysters in Gage's roads ; but they are abu…
- spirits in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3711w-coloured bark. Netingar, .«. — A term used by the natives to designate their ancestors or forefathers, of whom they do not appear to have any distinct, tradition, except that they were very large men. Some suppose tha…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3710etjo, .S-. — The seed-vessel of the Gardan, red gum ; the seed-cone of the Banksia. Metjo-nuba, s. — The seed-vessel in the cone of the Banksia. Metjo-kun-dyle, .n-. — The inner seed vessel of the Banksia cone. The seed…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3709ome more civilised people, or the enjoyment of a much higher degree of knowledge among themselves, before they relapsed into their present state of utter barbarism. The same may be said of the Miro, or throwing- board f…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3708an indigenous fruit. Kwa — Yes. Kwakar — (K.G.S.) A small species of kangaroo. Kwalak — (K.G.S.) A species of ant. Kwela, s. — A species of casuarina. Kwinin — (K.G.S.) The nut of a species of zamia. Kwoggyn, s. — Soul…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3707roasted in the fire is of a plesant slight lemou-peel flavour. It is one of the very few things which can be considered as approaching to an indigenous fruit. Kwa — Yes. Kwakar — (K.G.S.) A small species of kangaroo. Kw…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3706ives ; but although several dogs have died suddenly from the bite of a snake, no white person has hitherto suffered more than a slight incon- venience from temporary pain and swelling of the limb affected. Subsequently…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3705reviously scored are now marked afresh, and more deeply, to record that an atonement has been effected. The grave is regularly visited during a certain period, to see that it is not disturbed or profaned ; and for a lon…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3704, and so on, until the surface reaches to a level with the upper ground ; and finally sand or earth is strewed over the top. Whilst all that is above described is going on, the magician, or Bolyagadak, of the tribe sits…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3703ium of mutual communication in all public matters, whether of explanation, negotiation, examination, or prosecution. At length, in the year 1838, that able and talented officer, Lieutenant (now Sir George) Grey, Governo…
- spirits in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3702picious of treachery even amongst themselves, and naturally jealous of the intrusion of strangers, viewed with astonishment and alarm the arrival of per- sons differing in colour and appearance from anything they had hi…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3701e of suspense is very unpleasant to me, for I have vacated my house in town, and let it for two years to Captain Fisher, and I am in doubt what to do with my crops in the country, or how to get them managed. In the dail…
- spirits in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3700cases for trial. Saturday. — ^Tlie Governor brought forward the finance measures for the year on Thursday. His speech did not give any bright picture of our finances. He stated there was a decrease in the revenue, but d…
- spirits in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3699n here has been to give to ponio person who had stock a share of the land, if he would go and reside upon it for a suf- ficient time. Many would have been sufferers. We had an annual meeting of our temperance society on…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3698still as high as ever — £8 for a cask of pork ; Is. for a pair of high-low shoes ; wine at 52s. a dozen (sherry), &c. Irwin has got out some wine from London ; best white Marsala at 3s. lOd. a gallon, sherry at 4s. 3d.,…
- spirits in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3697ts of summer, even on dry ground. — These whaling companies are requiring so many men that hands are very scarce ; no talk now but of " lays " and " spouting," and other technical whaling terms. I am preparing leases of…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3696ays Am I forsaken ? Muse of my former lays, When wilt thou waken ? Rouse up thy torpid sense, Dally no longer, Think that such indolence Daily grows stronger. Where hast thou fled to — thou My guardian angel ? Why dost…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3695getting old, but time has not been standing still perhaps with you either, — though he could not be so ungallant as to lay his hands upon you so rudely. The following lines were specially addressed to my sisters in the…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3694ence to the rumours we had some time since of a ship- wreck). He was describing to me his ideas of a future state. Some, he said, when they died went down far into the earth and walked " far away " ; others went up and…
- spirits in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3693some birds for them and killed two at one shot, which raised a shout from both armies — about 40 men. 9^A-. — Again troubled with natives all day. Mr. Whitfield came here to breakfast. A Mr. Smith and his son called aft…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3692dly intercourse with them. Weeip to-day received a blanket, which Captain Trwin sent to him, — the women were very inquisitive about Midgegoroo and his son. About the former I still shook my head, and said, he " kill wh…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3691flock in England at the commencement of the colony. Those of Downing's are the only sheep to be pur- chased now. 26^A. — A lovely day as to temperature. Mr. Yule and Mr. A. Trimmer called to see me, and stayed till two.…
- spirits in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3690n will never do, unless he brings out a cheap, steady establishment, a capital to support it, and is willing to employ both himself and them in active labour. 185 A sad discovery — my rum cask is empty : I shall have to…
- spirits in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3689n raking and breaking it, we found several Indian corn shoots quite doubled under it, without being able to force their way through. Some of my strawberry plants are in blossom. My neighbours are brewing beer from sugar…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3688in the air. There is something inex- pressibly pleasing in the renovation of nature ; every budding flower which this genial climate brings early to our view, I look upon as a messenger to notify the approach of more jo…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3687ead — all same me speak truth; my body -me speak truth, my cap — ^me have my head cut off me speak lie, my cap— me go to ." Here he made a low salute, and pointed down — I looked at the other : " Are you satisfied ? " —…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3686have received many from me, descriptive of myself, my feelings, and real situation, without the slightest attempt at colour, ornament, concealment, or disguise. This I promised, this I have performed hitherto, and every…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3685give you some details of our ramble. On Tuesday, 6th ult., we assembled at Guildford, and mus- tered twenty-one persons, all interested and excited by the novelty of the first expedition over the hills. Many spectators…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#3684inner, at which we had (as honorary members) Lord F. Beauclerk, Col, Hanson, and Capt. Parker, K.N". And at this dinner a memorial to the Home Government was read and approved of. It is now in course of signature, and w…
- giant in Old Melbourne Memories#2558ged thy quiet home! For, close as bees in countless hive, Like emmet hosts that earnest strive, Swarmed, toiled, a vast, strange crowd: Haggard each worker's features seem, Bright, fever-bright, each eye's wild gleam, N…
- giant in Old Melbourne Memories#2557ay darkening fast, a drove of heavy bullocks, perhaps, lumbering over the sands before us, amid the flying spume, their hoofs in the surf ever and anon,--it was a season study, worth riding many a mile to see. No cove o…
- giant in Old Melbourne Memories#2556d other places of romantic interest, were successfully carried out. Races were improvised. Shooting parties, fishing excursions, kangaroo and opossum battues--everything which could impress the idea that life was one pe…
- giant in Old Melbourne Memories#2555to Paul de Castella and his partner, another Swiss gentleman. Fortunately for him, pastoral property rose in value prodigiously "after the gold," so that he was enabled to sell the heifer station for five times as much…
- devil in Old Melbourne Memories#2554bilities of several of the station hands, who were strongly minded to arise and "hammer" him (Crowe) for belittling their native land. "How happily the days of Thalaba went by" at Kilfera; indeed, I regarded with compla…
- devil in Old Melbourne Memories#2553e stable. He went over here--over this very rail--and came down sitting as square as if he was riding in the park, holding his hat, too, in both hands." "How did he stop the horse?" "He jumped off on the straw heap here…
- devil in Old Melbourne Memories#2552came possessed of a herd of a thousand head about the same time, which I took "on terms," as the arrangement was thus called--a convenient one for beginners with more country than capital, and _vice versa_. I was to hav…
- devil in Old Melbourne Memories#2551began to sneak on them quietly, so as to be close on them before they had any notion of our being about, when Mr. Cunningham, who was a regular bull-dog for pluck, but awful careless and wild-like, trips over a big ston…
- spirit in Old Melbourne Memories#2550ir lives are dearly sold. They are but three; a woman fair, A boy of fearless brow, He, whom she vowed to love is there-- God help her! then and now. With fiercer leaguer never did Those rugged stones resound, As the sw…
- haunted in Old Melbourne Memories#2549igh him who journeys the shadeless deep? The wanderer dreams of the shadowy dell, And the green-turfed, fairy-haunted well, While the shafts of the noon-king's merciless might Mingle day with sorrow, and death with ligh…
- haunted in Old Melbourne Memories#2548s he leaves his cot by the shingly shore; While the young wife's gaze, half sad, half bright, Follows the frail bark's flashing flight. Noon on the waters! O rustling breeze, Sweet stealer 'mid old forest trees, Wilt th…
- haunted in Old Melbourne Memories#2547t morning, with a guide, towards the Heifer Station, I would have driven on to Western Australia--a pastoral Vanderdecken--rather than infringe on the tolerably liberal boundaries which he claimed for Tarrone. I rode al…
- ghosts in Old Melbourne Memories#2546of tears; And a prayer rises to Him who hears The widow and orphan's wail. "We die," passed through each warrior's heart, "And vainly, but the care Rests not with us; 'tis ours to show The world, old England, and the fo…
- supernatural in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1674much pain. Another Boylyagadak can, however, disenchant the person thus afflicted. When this is done the Boylya is drawn out from the patient in the form of pieces of quartz, which are kept as great curiosities. The abo…
- giant in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1673ss Harris, and Mr. Stone also. I recollect in the calculations made for Van Diemen's Land or Sydney, of the profit and loss of a flock of sheep, that the shepherds were reckoned at £30, and I fancied it must be exaggera…
- wizard in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1672Birunna. Wind, north-west — Durga ; Dtal- lajar. Wind, south — Wiriti. Wind, south-east — Wirrit ; D- yedik. Wind, south-west — Karring. Wind, east — Nandat; Nangalar. Wind, west — Durga. Wind, sea-breeze — Gulamwin. Wi…
- witch in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1671ks of fire. J Jitta, s. — The bulbous root of an orchis, eaten by the natives, about the size of a hazel-nut. Jitti-ngat, s. — Seisura volitans. Glossy fly-catcher. 1 Jorang, s. — A small sort of lizard. Jow-yn, s. — Sh…
- witch in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1670only, who assume the marks of sorrow by drawing a streak IS of white across the forehead, down the sides of the cheeks, round the chin, and round each eye. White clay or lime is used on these occasions. When a man puts…
- witch in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1669table. It is cheerful-looking also, having a view of the Darling Eange of hills in front, and at no great distance. Some nights ago the natives were very troublesome there. One of the men enclosed a light in a paper lan…
- witch in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1668rations and planning what course I should take. Wednesday. — Have been plagued all day with natives wanting to grind wheat. At last came a hue and cry that they had stolen a quantity from some neighbours. The man most g…
- wizard in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1667. Wing — Kanba. Wing, outer pinion of — Jili. Wink, to — Butak-butak. Winter — Maggoro. Witchcraft — Boyl-ya. Withered, dried up ; applied to wood or animals when dead — Mandju. Withered ; applied to leaves — Derer. Wit…
- wizard in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1666st distance which has yet been reached in that direction. Boyer, s. — A. name given to certain stones of a smooth ovate shape, which are found in several places, and are traditionally said to have fallen from the sky. B…
- devil in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1665he head, back, and tail are covered with regularly arranged small protuberances, each surmounted with a horn or spike ; yet it may be handled with the most perfect impunity, nor does it seem to have any means of attack…
- ghost in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1664not care to do, and I quietly walked through the river up to my neck, just opposite my own door, and slipped into the house unperceived to get a towel to dry myself. In the mean- time the servants were on the look out t…
- ghost in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1663surface, and the acacia, bearing flowers like the laburnum. There are many bare downs visible from a hill near this, with green patches here and there. 2^th. — Found that one of our horses had broken loose in the night,…
- devil in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1662inat- ding (N.E. dialect) ; Eainbil ; Ki-in. Decayed, withered — Mandju. Deceit — Barrit. 95 Deceive, to — Guliu, Deception — Barrit. Decoy, to — Kobat kobatanan ; Myatyl. Deep — Mordak. Deep, deep water — Didaral. Depa…
- supernatural in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1661lowing. Waubbaniranwin, part. — Joking ; jesting. Waubbow, i'. — Pres. part., Waubbowin ; past tense, Waubbow, to play to tease. 75 Waudarak, s. — The sow-thistle. This was very generally used as a vegetable by the earl…
- spirit in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1660erence is to my Bister Catherine playing a piece of music which we had often practised together, she on the piano, I on the flute. 21 appearance, like gentlemen's parks. We can plainly distin- guish clumps of trees on t…