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- devil in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1751e battle ended, Nargun is like MYTHS. 457 a rock ( WaUtiny), and is all of stone except the breast and the arms and the hands. Ko one knows exactly what he is like. Nargun is always on the look- out for blackfellows, an…
- ghost in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1750e them. They believe that the ghosts depart and find rest in regions either towards the setting sun, or in the east, where he rises. Stanbridge says that the heaven of the Murray people is towards the setting sun ; Wilh…
- ghost in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1749counter Bay rely on the dreams of a wise man who sleeps with his head on the corpse ; and on one part of the Murray they watch the drying of the damp clay that covers the grave, and see in the line of the principal fiss…
- wizard in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1748to the 4th September 1863, when a poor old paralyzed Frenchman was ducked as a wizard at Castle
- witch in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1747like to trust a lock of his hair in the hands of any one, lest he should be bewitched or enamoured
- ghost in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1746Father, Son, and Holy Ghost' — when helped to an upright sitting posture by female friends
- wizard in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1745people," for his cabin adjoined one of their raths. The wizard's assistance was invoked in the case
- witch in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1744or dried away by continual sickness. A mediaeval sermon speaks of baptizing a 'wax' to bewitch
- devil in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1743Iving James, in his ' Damonohgy' says that 'the devil teacheth how to make pictures of wax or
- ghost in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1742white, and standing far apart, were ghostly in their aspect when seen in the twilight. The Abo-
- giant in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1741broken boughs and withered shrubs. These giants, divested of their bark, bleached to a greyish-
- devil in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1740inhabit the lake, though it is pretended that a species of seal, or, as it was called, a devil, had been
- spirit in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1739departed eat and live. The spirits are sometimes prevented from reaching the happy land by the
- spirit in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1738have a distinct idea of a spirittial existence. They think that the soul, as soon as it leaves the
- giant in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1737standing beside the giant frame of one of these monsters of the deep, he can only be compared to a
- witch in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1736owing to the practice which is very common among blacks of bewitching any one who has offended
- fairy in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1735north-east of Port Fairy, composed of twenty or thirty huts, some of them capable of holding
- supernatural in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1734person, by means which cannot be known, they use the bone in a supernatural manner. The bone
- fairy in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1733graphically described : — " This burial ground was a fairy-like spot, in the midst of a scrub of
- spirit in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1732nor a third buffalo. These are relics of the old animal worship. The spirit Ukuk (or Mwetyi, as
- spirit in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1731heard before. These, he was told, emanated from a spirit called Ukuk. He afterwards brought to
- witch in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1730fires of the Germanic races. — Witchcraft. — Fire produced accidentally. — Volcanoes - 393
- apparition in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1704.. Yennemee - - - Ruggara Another - - . Tabboucack Neggana Answer (to) Ouneeprape Oglineraipe and Ogbne- Ant, blue - - - Puggaueiptietta [rapc Ant, small black, strong Ouiteitana - - . Moyberry smelling Ant, largest bla…
- fairy in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1703ow Lyeninna poorinna - Leeininno Eyelash - - - Mongtaliuna Nubre tongany Eyelid Moygta genua - Nubre wurrine Eyry Malanna mecna - Linenah Ealmouth and George's Kunawra kunna Elver Face - - - - Niengheta - - - Noienenah…
- fairy in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1702. - Dull (stupid dolt) Dumb - - - - Dung (excrement) Dusk - - - - Dust . - - - Dwarf- - - - Dysentery or diarrhoea- East Bay Neck Eaglehawk Neck Eagle - - - - Eagle's nest Ear - - - . Early (in the morning at twilight)…
- fairy in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1701e ------ Kariah. Mrs. Robertson's homestead (the place of the Connewarren. old wattle-tree) Black swamp (fine land and water) - - Connewarren. Stony Rises (islands of stone) - - - Struau. Salt lake ------- Terinallum. W…
- Baiame in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1700in the sky — the Milky Way — a paradise of peace and plenty ; and that He destroys the bad. The Rev. James Giinther, of Mudgee, long a Missionary in the Wellington district, has recorded in his grammar of the " Wiradhur…
- Baiame in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1699t south of the Namoi " By-a-my ") is the name by which tribes scattered over a great portion of the north-west and west of New South Wales designate the Supreme Being. The blacks there who are acquainted with English, i…
- Baiame in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1698William Bidlet, M.A., etc.) I.^Baiamb. " Baiame " (pronounced like the three words " By-a-me," and in the Welliugtou district south of the Namoi " By-a-my ") is the name by which tribes scattered over a great portion of…
- Baiame in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1697onists have fallen into the absurd practice of calling the heathen Chinese by the name of the beloved disciple of our Sayioor, and which is also the national name of an Englishman. APPENDIX B. TRADITIONS OF THE AUSTRALI…
- apparition in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1696to the extremities, and finally bring it out, shakLag and blowing upon his hands each time, in order to get rid of Bulya, who was supposed to make his escape without being seen by the uninitiated, but who sometimes appe…
- supernatural in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1695es, and tenanted by vast numbers of bats, whose whirring, whizzing noise was probably that which the natives attributed to some supernatural being. At Mount Gambier also there are some very large caverns in the limeston…
- supernatural in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1694een the accu- mulation of ages, as the natives had to carry the pieces of wood from the distant forest. Tlie men set fire to the pile, which lit up and displayed a magnificent vaulted chamber, bedecked with long glisten…
- supernatural in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1693k, and tliat it is by striking a man there that he is surrep- titiously killed, when asleej), by some evil being, or by a Wailo, that is, a northern man. " Wailo''' is a name given to all people living to the north of t…
- giant in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1692iece of clay, of a peculiar resinous wood, which burns with a clear, bright flame ; the fish, attracted by the light, swim up to it, and are immediately speared. The canoes, being so frail, require great steadiness in t…
- witch in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1691tula - - - Wirnboten. Common green parrot TyetyuTt. Dragon fly - - Gindenden. Crow - _ . _ War. Blue fly - - - Blip bityik. Magpie - Guruk, House fly - - - Bilyik. Water-hen - _ _ _ Carori, Flat black beetle - Boinka. A…
- witch in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1690aking Future. I shall see. &c. Past. I saw, &c. Plural. Nyahinyang-o. Nyahinyut. Nyakinngitch. Plural. Nyainang.o. Nyanut. Nyainitch. Present. I can. may see, &c. Plural. - - - Nyanuang-o. - Nyanyut. . Nyanyitch. POTENT…
- devil in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1689abba or River Murray ... Millewa. ray, near Echuca Tomgabba. Blue paroquet - Yarrowalla. Three - mile Forest at Momboana. Name of a chief Ballendalla. Echuca Coolynaga. Xame on Map, &c. Native Same. Xarae on Map, &c. Na…
- devil in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1688Tal-ler-be-goQrn. Stomach - - Tur-rum-ber-lin. Guts - - - Moon-raur. Liver - - - BoQr-doo. Kidney - - Woor-ror-marp. Kidney (fal of) - Marm-bul-la. Bladder - - Mour-rut. Urine - - - Bul-gl. Vein - - - Gour-uk. Sinews -…
- devil in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1687that he is " a liar" (ifer- rinam mootri); a "great liar" {}Iarangi); a "rascal" {Keern) ; a "terrible rascal" {Tagaraktoro7ig) ; and the reply may be possibly "You big eye" {Taong-gala); "You crooked eyed" {Wantarra mr…
- ghost in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1686. Mar-rey, wet ; Mer or Mar, water. This root occurs in the names of numbers of waters, streams, and rivers in Australia, as well as in Europe ; in the latter generally applied to the sea or a large body of water, as in…
- supernatural in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1685d, but who sometimes appeared as a piece of quartz, which was kept as a great curiosity. A Port Jackson native stated that the Koradgee men became possessed of their supernatural powers in the following manner : — A man…
- ghost in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1684ersons, and were restrained by awe alone from attacking them. This dread of strangers seems to be the natural result of ignorance, and reminds us of the restrictive policy, untU lately, of the Japanese, and of the relig…
- witch in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1683- Certain she-oak water-holes. Tyo worrk (D.) - - Old DunoUy station - - Manna on a gum-tree. Tartyak (A.) - - The arm. Toombal (L.) A Lake. Tardt (S.) Crab-holes. Tittibong (S.) - - - Station on Lower Avoca - Titlit, h…
- witch in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1682uture time brighter and more perfect beings. Under this belief, mothers, whose infants had died in the way here described, have been known to carry the dead body on their backs for months after death, affirming that the…
- ghost in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1681ney (fal of) - Marm-bul-la. Bladder - - Mour-rut. Urine - - - Bul-gl. Vein - - - Gour-uk. Sinews - - Pee reep. Blood - - - Kul-mul. Marrow - - Dee-dit. Sweat - - - Moor-run-moor-run. Of the Heavens, §-c. God(orfirst cau…
- devil in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1680bopoop Loom- ... Larpelaan ... Engliali. sun. light. greedy. yes. old man. husband. yes, I am tired. words. to dwell here. haiL she-oak tree. to like much. a piece. to immerse. no. rain clouds. first. how. how many ? da…
- spirit in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1679the course of years, to change a language, while its construction remained the same." English. Wind Summer - Winter Star Sun Moon Gum-tree - Wood Fire Water Stone Eain Clouds Sky Old man - Widower - Widow Blackfellow Ea…
- spirit in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1678police court against an enemy. The Rev. Mr. Bulmer, in reply to my enquiries, writes thus : — " When the natives were angry, and abused each other, they used epithets similar to those of the very lowest class of Europea…
- spirit in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1677ost resemble English words, or words of lan- guages from which English is derived. The words he has given are, he adds, })ure native, that is, YarildertaUin. I here quote a few of these words from Mr. Taplin's work, wit…
- spirit in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1676f Waug signifies a spirit. Waugal is a being analogous to Hindi of South-Eastem Australia —
- ghost in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#1675the names for extinct races are applied to ghosts and fairies; but further in Australia, such a name
- 1878 - Northern Star Lismore Yowie Article#861Public AYR report page for 1878 - Northern Star Lismore Yowie Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Lismore, New South Wales.
- 1878 - Freemans Journal Pyramul Hairyman#860Public AYR report page for 1878 - Freemans Journal Pyramul Hairyman. Location cue from public page title/path: Pyramul, New South Wales.
- 1878 - Singleton Argus, Yowie Sighted#664Public AYR report page for 1878 - Singleton Argus, Yowie Sighted. Location cue from public page title/path: Singleton, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: A correspondent in a western district sends the f…
- 1878 - Lismore Star Article#663Public AYR report page for 1878 - Lismore Star Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Lismore, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: Another impressive old Yowie report appeared in the Lismore N…
- 1878 - Freemans Journal Article, Pyramul#662Public AYR report page for 1878 - Freemans Journal Article, Pyramul. Location cue from public page title/path: Pyramul, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: The Freemans Journal, 13th of April, 1878
- supernatural in The Fifth Continent#2205has named that portion of Astrolabe Bay, showed themselves jealous of a stranger's presence in their midst, and dis- played it by discharging arrows close to his face, and pressing their spears against his teeth. These…
- supernatural in The Fifth Continent#2204hey find no difficulty whatever in realising his existence, and will willingly see one in every bush. He can punish them for wrong- doing, can lure their best warriors to destruction, can send painful droughts or equall…
- ghost in The Fifth Continent#2203JOHNS. Post 8vo. Cloth boards 5 o FROZEN ASIA. A Sketch of Modern Siberia. Together with an account of the Native Tribes inhabiting that Region. By C. H. Eden, F.R.G.S. With Map. Crown 8vo. Cloth boards 5 o GREAT GOLD M…
- ghosts in The Fifth Continent#2202up by one tribe and catching them by another, will easily be recog- nised as their explanation of the rising and setting of those bodies. They have no knowledge of the earth beyond the locality they inhabit. The stars a…
- devil-devil in The Fifth Continent#2201anage to possess themselves of all the young women, which is a great evil, as the junior warriors can find no wives of their own age. Regarding their belief or religion it is difficult to know what to say. We must presu…
- 1877 - Sydney Morning Herald Yowie Article#859Public AYR report page for 1877 - Sydney Morning Herald Yowie Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales.
- 1877 - Sydney Morning Herald Article#661Public AYR report page for 1877 - Sydney Morning Herald Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: An 'EXTRAORDINARY ANIMAL' - Mr. Prosser, manager at M…
- 1877 - Maitland Mercury#660Public AYR report page for 1877 - Maitland Mercury. Location cue from public page title/path: Maitland, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: Mr. Prosser, manager at Messrs Amos and Co.s sawmills at Amoss S…
- 1876 - Town and Country Article#1024Public AYR report page for 1876 - Town and Country Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: The Milbury Creek correspondent of the Bathurst Free Press…
- 1876 - Freemans Journal, Walla Walla#1023Public AYR report page for 1876 - Freemans Journal, Walla Walla. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: Found at Last — The Millbury Creek correspondent of t…
- 1876 - Illawarra Mercury Yowie Article#858Public AYR report page for 1876 - Illawarra Mercury Yowie Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Illawarra, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: # gorilla, Illawarra, crookwell
- 1876 - Town and Country Article#659Public AYR report page for 1876 - Town and Country Article. Location cue from public page title/path: New South Wales, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: From the Australian Town and Country Journal for…
- 1876 - Portland Guardian, Victoria#658Public AYR report page for 1876 - Portland Guardian, Victoria. Location cue from public page title/path: Victoria, Victoria. Body excerpt retained for review: The Milburn Creek correspondent of Sydney Evening News, unde…
- Wyangala Dam, New South Wales 1876#630Public AYR report page for Wyangala Dam, New South Wales 1876. Source-stated location: Wyangala Dam (East of Cowra), New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: Date of Sighting: 4 th of November, 1876.
- Baiame in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3950And, as my venerable informant, Billy, told me, every one that is summoned must attend the Bora, even if he have to travel a hundred miles to it. It is so done, he said, all over the country, and always will be. The dic…
- Baiame in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3949their own people, they seem to be bound by an irresistible spell to sub- mit, at the prescribed time, in spite of all that can be done to dissuade them, to their national rite. The Bora is held whenever there is a consi…
- Baiame in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3948tters occupying the part of the country where these names of Venus are used are some gentlemen of classical attainments ; and possibly the idea of the laughing goddess may have been suggested by them. Orion is called Be…
- Baiame in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3947with manhood. This sacred wand was the gift of Baiarne. The ground on which the bora is celebrated is Baiame's ground. Billy believes the bora will be kept up always all over the country. Such is the command of Baiame.…
- Baiame in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3946reat favour, what other blacks had withheld, as a mystery too sacred to be disclosed to a white man, that " dhiirumbulum," a stick or TRADITIONS. 141 wand, is exhibited at the bora (to be explained hereafter), and that…
- Baiame in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3945Gingi did in 1871, — " Kamil naia nummi Baiame ; naia winunulda (I have not seen Baiame ; I hear him)." In Pikumbul, Baiame is called Anambu, and by some Minumbu. The Wailwun blacks, according to Mr. Thomas Honery, of t…
- Baiame in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3944e " ljipai !" kakudone " Baimae bular yarine yealok- wai giwir." Paul, Baraba ellibu, bunna- rjunne, kakuldone, " kurria ! karnil neane baiame ; neane giwir yealokwai nindai. ljeane guiye duri ; neane budda ginyi ; nean…
- Baiame in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3943k. Paul, Barnabas, also there came. Paul was speaking ; the lame man GURRE KAMILAHOI. 43 wlnugailone. Paul kaia ljuminildone, kakuldone, " waria rjurriba dinnaga." Turjgordul parine, yanani ellebu. Burulabu giwir rjumrn…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3942, in 1858, said of the Aborigines " They believe in one all- presiding good Spirit," whom they call " Grnowdenont"; and "they have an idea of a very wicked spirit named Guambucootchaly." II.— GOOD AND EVIL SPIRITS. The…
- ghost in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3941as I can judge it means — Come and sing with me ; there are plenty ; come and sing.) VIII. The next ugal was apparently composed for the chase. Diga diga burula, Plenty of wild dogs. Murrinj, dibura. The blackfellows ar…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3940f wickedness and folly that such an unnatural custom could be introduced, even among a savage people. It is still more mysterious that the thought of such an act could be suggested in vision to the holy prophet Ezekiel.…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3939iah, Yeraman buraldi, \, Blackfellow very fat, Horses driving, Wi wi kurral-ah, Firewood sawing, Millimbrai kakullah, Milking cows crying out, Kirawa ! Looking for them. BAO-ILLI — SONGS. 149 V. This baoilli (in the "Wo…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3938the sea he goes, the spirit along the beach walks. Barungaga thallybunbila ya kurubun Upon an island he got ; to the rocks went juya yirraina. Karrugaia " yuinya ya-a-i ! " the spirit. He shouted — " Come here !" Karuga…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3937jauianabulgo thobararalunbilla,ye maunda He gets up, runs to the sea, and jumps wunanye. in ; the spirit very near catches him. 146 TALES. Kaiugoyia yangaruya ya wudjut yendag . Into the sea he goes, the spirit along th…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3936uagunalaia, yallumbunga, yangun- Goes away ; comes back and tickles dabillajaia. Jauia warry jaulajilaia, him again. A long way goes, comes back yangundibbala jella. and tickles him again. Jaugunalaia war-ry bobaradha.…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3935ng for wild figs." TJai, yannig kainandha yandhanai. " Very well ; go ; go on ; start away." Kurmunnu, biagaly. Net, basket. "Wunnomainbala kurwery ; kurma He picked the figs ; filled net and biagaly gobimata. basket. K…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3934." Kulala jerabaddi yaoalia ijatenwalla; The barbed-spears spear them on this jerumbaddi murrilaora merero. side and that; the barbed-spears were sticking up. Munaoraggarila ; yaoalia yuinyumbulo They went to join the M…
- spirits in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3933heal, but without success ; where- upon it was declared that Wallinyup should also die, as his son had died. If Bindinwor's wound could have been healed, the natives think death could have had no power over them. Bindin…
- spirits in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3932mined before the Select Committee above mentioned) the Aborigines " believe in the existence of evil spirits, whom they seek to propitiate by offerings. Water spirits are called " Turong" ; land spirits " pot-koorok" ;…
- spirits in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3931of kangaroos. His thigh-bone — 4 feet long, 7 or 8 inches in diameter, and tapering in form — is carried about by one of the tribes. It was found in the ridges of Murula. The Murui of the tribe (select men) have charge…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3930ation of their souls. Their " tohi" may be condemned to animate a beast. But the good are rewarded by their spirits passing into beings of superior condition. And the Aborigines generally acknowledge the superiority of…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3929ch matters. 138 TRADITIONS. " Tohi" is the name for the spirit of man ; "bunna" is that part of him which dies. "When the bunna returns to dust the " tohi," may become a wunda. The wunda may enter some other body. "Wick…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3928" (egg-like, nourishing-with-milk.") She has the duty of instructing women ; for they may not see Turramulan on pain of death. And even when mention is made of Turramulan, or of the Bora at which he presides, the women…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3927and is now in the sky. Pundyil seeing the earth overrun with serpents, sent his good daughter Karakarok with a long staff to destroy these tormentors of men. Karakarok killed many ; but this good work was stopped by the…
- spirits in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3926Melbourne, by J. Pullar & Co., says " The Murray [River] natives believe in a Being with supreme attributes, whom they call Nourelle. Nourelle never dies ; and blackfellows go to him, and never die again." From the same…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3925as large as a common man. In this, it is said, Baiame used to rest himself. He had a large tribe round him, whom he fed at a place called Mldul. Suddenly he vanished from them, and went up to heaven. Still, though unsee…
- spirits in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3924ite extinct among the aborigines." Some of the more thoughtful expressed to him their belief that " good natives will go to Baia-mai when they die." It may be thought strange that the Bev. L. E. Threlkeld, who laboured…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3923bina gaia bobina paibao rjaia gurug kunut ; kuai bija WODI-WODI: The Language of lllawarra, from Wollongong to the Shoa/hauen. Wofct^Eotri HE language of Illawarra, from Wollongong to the Shoal- haven. These words were…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3922ow ( mithiltin ( (dippinjun) finger-nails mukkura belly tiggeri (kuddur) eye mil, mia thigh durra (durrug) nose muro knee bon (budn) lips tamburu leg puiyo teeth tier (dug gal) foot tidna (dinnag) cheek (turgor) blood k…