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- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3921i to come. bulkairi bring, i.e., cause to come. Indicative past : bulkurri came. future : bulkulliba will come. Imperative: bulka come. VOCABULARY. ( Words in brackets are used at Durimdurun, near the Glass-house Mounta…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3920and still preserved creed of the Mum — " He who built all things is Baia-me." The Kamilaroi blacks say that Baia-me made all things ; that he is resting away in the far west. They never saw him, but regard thunder as hi…
- spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages#3919nd its tributaries. It is evidently derived, as Bev. C. C. Greenway has pointed out, from " baia," to make or build. In the ancient and still preserved creed of the Mum — " He who built all things is Baia-me." The Kamil…
- devil in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2084ulka come. VOCABULARY. ( Words in brackets are used at Durimdurun, near the Glass-house Mountains.) I.— NOUNS. Names of most important Objects. God man woman •I -Mumbal,* Mirir Burrai ^Burrani duggai Jjundal (njgurun) (…
- supernatural in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2083the fire ; but the good Karakarok restored it. Mr. Beveridge, in the evidence he gave before the Select Committee of the Legis- lative Council of Victoria, in 1858, said of the Aborigines " They believe in one all- pres…
- supernatural in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2082re came from it, the first fire ever given to man. Presently, however, Wang, an evil spirit in the form of a crow, flew away with the fire ; but the good Karakarok restored it. Mr. Beveridge, in the evidence he gave bef…
- ghosts in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2081he ground, calling "pu-a! pu-a!" according to a custom he had learnt of his father. The rain ceased in time for him to go to the Eaces ; and he told me that the blackfellows up in the Worrumbul (Milky Way) had stopped t…
- spirit in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2080bobina 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 taken from…
- ghost in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2079bulkurri to come. bulkairi bring, i.e., cause to come. Indicative past : bulkurri came. future : bulkulliba will come. Imperative: bulka come. VOCABULARY. ( Words in brackets are used at Durimdurun, near the Glass-house…
- ghost in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2078cks say that Baia-me made all things ; that he is resting away in the far west. They never saw him, but regard thunder as his voice. Spirit, ghost, or subordinate deity wunda. In all parts of Eastern Australia the abori…
- ghost in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2077ributaries. It is evidently derived, as Bev. C. C. Greenway has pointed out, from " baia," to make or build. In the ancient and still preserved creed of the Mum — " He who built all things is Baia-me." The Kamilaroi bla…
- spirits in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2076ev. L. E. Threlkeld, who laboured zealously for years among the Aborigines at Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, and who has recorded many of their traditions concerning various spirits, has made no mention of any belief e…
- ghost in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2075UNS. 1. Deity. God Baia-me or B-haia-me. In Wiradhuri the word is pronounced Baiamai. This name of Deity is known among many tribes on the Narran, the Darling and its tributaries. It is evidently derived, as Bev. C. C.…
- Baia-me in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2074with which they express various shades of thought. The inflections of verbs and nouns, the derivation and composition of words, the arrangement of sentences, and the methods of imparting emphasis, indicate an accuracy o…
- Baia-me in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2073endowed with magical power, so that by throwing it at an enemy sickness can be injected. According to some, Baia-me is supposed to be present at the Bora, and is personated by one of the old men ; others say it is Turra…
- spirits in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2072e, but rose and went to the west, across the sea, to the unknown land of spirits, whither his father and mother followed him, and there they have ever since remained." Bony, the Murri from the Balonne, who gave me the t…
- spirit in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2071" Grnowdenont"; and "they have an idea of a very wicked spirit named Guambucootchaly." II.— GOOD AND EVIL SPIRITS. The Aborigines believe in many spirits. " Wunda"is the common name for these among the Kamilaroi and nei…
- spirit in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2070was formerly an evil spirit called " Mullion" (eagle) who lived in a very high tree, at Girra on the Barwan, and used to come down and seize men and devour them. The people often tried to drive away Mullion, by piling w…
- spirit in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2069familiarly acquainted with the tribe, relate the following ancient traditions : — Baiame first made man at Murula, a mountain between the Barwan and the Narran Bivers. He formerly lived among men. And in the stony ridge…
- Baia-me in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2068had written, I heard of Baia-me from the Aborigines on the Namoi and Barwan. Many of them, when asked concerning any object, such as as the river, trees, sun, stars, &c, — who made these ? uniformly and readily replied…
- Baia-me in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2067or for all the operations of Bhaia-mi to man, and from man to Bhaia-mi." For my own part, before seeing what Mr. Gttnther and Mr. Greenway had written, I heard of Baia-me from the Aborigines on the Namoi and Barwan. Man…
- Baiame in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2066all women astray went ; all bad became. yanani; kanugo kagil ginyi. Baiame yili God angry became, said, "All men, all ginyi, goe, ""Kanugo giwir kanugo inar women astray went, all bad became ; I . warawara yanani, kanug…
- Baiame in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2065f blackfellow, — father of buba kanugo ; Iva gumba murrigu, gumba whitefellow, — father of all. Eve mother wundagu, gumba kanugo. of blackfellow, — mother of whitefellow, — mother of all. Adam Iva ellibu warawara yanani…
- Baiame in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2064I. (Extracts from a Missionary Primer, prepared for the Kamilaroi-spcaTcinr/ People.) [ Verbatim translation.'] Baiame gir giwlr gimobi ; mal giwir God verily man made ; first man Adam. Adam. Baiame goe : " Kamil murrub…
- Baiame in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2063ii guinun Kolle bunnagella yarula Yerala nai a germa dhurali gurri TJerma nuriluna kamil ijaia TJerma wariijene Wolla ya ljurrilona TJa rjinda gullrdul Gun murruba ; wunna guma TJaia barabai daraoela Murruba inda 40 GTJ…
- spirits in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages#2062the Aborigines " believe in the existence of evil spirits, whom they seek to propitiate by
- supernatural in Tales of Australian Life#2009ill-used if the sun so far forgot itself as to disappear without disrobing and throwing its fiery mantle down upon the river. If anything was requisite to add to the happiness of Commerfiit, it was gold mining. The peop…
- haunted in Tales of Australian Life#2008alisation. " G-ood-bye." Then quietly the slum* ber came, and the long sleep settled down that was wakeless for ever. There was a ragged grave-yard where the mounds were hidden in grass, and dead men's names and ages we…
- haunted in Tales of Australian Life#2007ash that quivered through. ^^ Her fiEU)6 it is the fedrest That ere the sun shone on." My thoughts were maundering on to the next verse when a black streak of shadow shot past the angle of the chim- ney, and the next in…
- devil in Tales of Australian Life#2006d Arthur "Wilton thought he saw a gladder prospect. Mrs. Jack did not see her husband ; she saw a madman in the local hospital that was once the devil-may-care rider, and latterly the devil-may-care criminal. He told he…
- ghost in Tales of Australian Life#2005turning, "let's off. No time t' lose; the job's easy. There ain't no jemmies wanted — off." " Customers inside," suggested Tom. Boker answered the objection in two words, " D 'em.'* They ran down the gully over the soft…
- ghost in Tales of Australian Life#2004. I knew it was gold at once. That mass would give me independence. The thought scattered all longing for shadow land more completely than his voice, and I sat up with a whirling head to think and watch yet closer. A va…
- ghost in Tales of Australian Life#2003sts, walking through the drifts with a purpose upon them that demanded silence and speed, with the air of fighting the night and its obstacles and the road and its distance — enemies to them, as all else — ^they looked…
- ghosts in Tales of Australian Life#2002ives me amusement enough. Did you bring shame on her ? " "Idid." " Like as not you're tired of it all. Look at the lights in those tents and houses; every one is your enemy. Brace yourself and get home." " Wait till I g…
- ghosts in Tales of Australian Life#2001nd recall, beyond any possibility of casting off the slur — thus always. For what do you take me, Clifden? Tell me that.** She held out her hands, as though putting it to him with all her supplication and loving tendern…
- ghosts in Tales of Australian Life#2000and another laugh, in the joyous hilarity of which she brought her hand down with a resounding slap on Denton's shoulder. The wind clattered the door> and shook the windows like castanets, sweeping up upon the Digger's…
- ghosts in Tales of Australian Life#1999it the moon cast scarce a shadow from the figures, but played upon the eyes that ringed around, as it played upon the waters beyond. Some looked ghastly in their white shirts and bared arms, some weird in black <;lothe8…
- ghost in Tales of Australian Life#1998inquire, it is not. If you think I'd ask one of them to-morrow one breath of a io6 Marie Denton. question about the reports that are going, you're mistaken — 'tsht ! " Miss Bertram snapped her fingers with an air of utt…
- apparition in For the Term of His Natural Life#3954d lurking shapes of cruelty and danger. Even the whispering breeze bore with it sighs, and threats, and mutterings of revenge. Oppressed by a terror of loneliness, she hastily caught up the manuscript, and turned to see…
- ghosts in For the Term of His Natural Life#3953hear me yet--though inquiry was stifled at Port Arthur. By the way, a Pharaoh had arisen who knows not Joseph. It is evident that the meddlesome parson, who complained of men being flogged to death, is forgotten, as the…
- ghosts in For the Term of His Natural Life#3952ebruary 19th.--I accept. There is work to be done among those unhappy men that may be my purgation. The authorities shall hear me yet--though inquiry was stifled at Port Arthur. By the way, a Pharaoh had arisen who know…
- 1874 - Pyramul Hairyman Article#857Public AYR report page for 1874 - Pyramul Hairyman Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Pyramul, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: # pyramul, yowie, hairyman,
- 1874 - Cooma Express#657Public AYR report page for 1874 - Cooma Express. Location cue from public page title/path: New South Wales, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: On the 3 rd of October last, young Johnnie McWilliams was ri…
- giant in Shearing in the Riverina#2586iver, to visit the next township, from ten to thirty miles distant, as the case may be, every time the former wanted a pound of tobacco, or the latter a pair of boots. They might possibly obtain these necessary articles…
- spirits in Shearing in the Riverina#2585f-control once in the front of temptation. And wars, 'wounds without cause,' hot heads, shaking hands, delay and bad shearing, would be the inevitable results of spirits A LA DISCRETION. So much is this a matter of cert…
- spirits in Shearing in the Riverina#2584the fire-water. Navvies, men-of-war's men, soldiers, AND shearers--fine fellows all. But though the younger men might only drink in moderation, the majority and the older men are utterly without self-control once in the…
- spirits in Shearing in the Riverina#2583before the shearing agreement is signed. Hence, it is entirely their own affair whether their mess bills are extravagant or economical. They can have anything within the rather wide range of the station store. PATES DE…
- haunted in Human Repetends#2262nce join the deceased was in reality of little value (for I was compelled to admit that I had never seen the woman before in my life, and that my glimpse of her companion was but momentary), the supposition was treated…
- ghost in Human Repetends#2261lose her before a word could pass between us, appeared to give me the right to seek to know more of her. The proud queen of many a fantastic dream-revel; the sad chatelaine of many an air-built castle; had this portrait…
- embodied ghost in Human Repetends#2260h almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg of Australia License which may be viewed online at http://gutenberg.net.au/licence.html To contact…
- 1872 - Monaro Mercury#656Public AYR report page for 1872 - Monaro Mercury. Location cue from public page title/path: New South Wales, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: The Monaro Mercury and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser.
- wild man in Old Tales of a Young Country#1876ll, and they bore him off to their huts. That night they watched him, or he would have escaped. In the morning, after a vain attempt to obtain such remnants of his woollen stockings as time and the shingle had left him,…
- giant in Old Tales of a Young Country#1875e rain was falling, the boat was surrounded by rocks, masses of floating kelp impeded their progress, and the nearest shore was a perpendicular cliff of great height. To add to the terror of their situation, an enormous…
- giant in Old Tales of a Young Country#1874ormers came to ask me if I would like to visit the place again, and come upon the stage." Buckley, with that wild desire to go "behind the scenes" which thirty-two years of barbarism had not shaken out of him, said that…
- giant in Old Tales of a Young Country#1873ight; but she returned without seeing their signals, and hope vanished. For six days the miserable wretches starved within sight of their prison home, and at last plucked up courage to make a last effort for life. They…
- devil in Old Tales of a Young Country#1872aste more precious time in repairing this damage. Without tools they toiled many days to make the boat sufficiently seaworthy to enable them to rejoin their companions. One day Dominick Spesinick, who was an elderly man…
- devil in Old Tales of a Young Country#1871; but having ruined himself at the gaming-table, had turned highwayman. A bullet wound received on Finchley Common incapacitated him for his profession, and he then turned parson and pickpocket. With this worthy, Barrin…
- spirit in Old Tales of a Young Country#1870d of talents which may be useful to society. I feel for your situation, and as long as you act the part of a good citizen, I will be your protector; you will have time and opportunity to rescue yourself from the obloquy…
- spirit in Old Tales of a Young Country#1869n expense at the Cape, and the settlement was compelled to live almost entirely on salt provisions. As a natural consequence, scurvy broke out: vegetables were scarce, and the garrison fell sick. It drew near the time f…
- spirit in Old Tales of a Young Country#1868e grace of the Governor. On the 28th of February a "mutinous plot" was discovered among the convicts, who had planned to steal the provisions and take to the bush. Four were arraigned, three sentenced to death, and the…
- phantom in Old Tales of a Young Country#1867themselves along the shore when Millechant gives utterance to a wild shout, and runs whooping like a madman along the sand. A boat full of men cheering in English is coming straight to them over the sparkling sea. Down…
- phantom in Old Tales of a Young Country#1866was decided that John Soper should go with him, carrying a tinder-box in order that he might make a fire if necessary, and attract the notice of the crew. The pair started. Night fell and they did not return. It was sug…
- ghosts in Old Tales of a Young Country#1865make a final effort. Alone in the wilderness, Howe seems to have lived for some time the victim of a despairing conscience. His nature was never without a touch of rude romance, and the recollection of his crimes went f…
- 1871 - Manaro Mercury Article#1022Public AYR report page for 1871 - Manaro Mercury Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Monaro, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: The Manaro Mercury (Cooma) 9th December 1871, p.2.
- 1871 - Sydney Herald Yowie Article#856Public AYR report page for 1871 - Sydney Herald Yowie Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales.
- 1871 (3) - Empire, Sydney#655Public AYR report page for 1871 (3) - Empire, Sydney. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: ANOTHER GORILLA - It is said by persons frequenting the neighbou…
- 1871 (2) - Illawarra Mercury Article#654Public AYR report page for 1871 (2) - Illawarra Mercury Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Illawarra, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: The Illarwarra Mercury, 28th April 1871, p.2.
- 1871 (2) - Empire, Sydney#653Public AYR report page for 1871 (2) - Empire, Sydney. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: SINCE the report of the strange animal seen by Mr. George Osborn…
- 1871 (1) - Empire, Sydney#652Public AYR report page for 1871 (1) - Empire, Sydney. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: We are indebted to the Illawarra Mercury for the following parti…
- 1871 - The Empire NSW#651Public AYR report page for 1871 - The Empire NSW. Location cue from public page title/path: New South Wales, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: "ANOTHER GORILLA.-It is said by persons frequenting the nei…
- 1871 - Queanbeyan Age, Jingera Sighted#650Public AYR report page for 1871 - Queanbeyan Age, Jingera Sighted. Location cue from public page title/path: Queanbeyan, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: We gather from our Cooma contemporary, that "fr…
- 1871 - Illustrated Australian News#649Public AYR report page for 1871 - Illustrated Australian News. Location cue from public page title/path: New South Wales, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: More tidings of the Australian gorilla. Since…
- 1871 - Illawarra Mercury Article#648Public AYR report page for 1871 - Illawarra Mercury Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Illawarra, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: 'A supposed Gorilla', newspaper cutting on the back of…
- 1871 - Darling Downa Gazette#647Public AYR report page for 1871 - Darling Downa Gazette. Location cue from public page title/path: Queensland, Queensland. Body excerpt retained for review: We (Port Denison Times) have heard before of the existence, in…
- Warneton, New South Wales 1871#604Public AYR report page for Warneton, New South Wales 1871. Source-stated location: Warneton/Belgrave, New South Wales (Both towns no longer exist), close to Kempsey. Event field: Yowie Encounter. Body excerpt retained f…
- 1870 - The Naturalist Article#646Public AYR report page for 1870 - The Naturalist Article. Source-stated location: Braidwood, New South Wales. Event field: Yowie Sighting. Body excerpt retained for review: Source: The Naturalist - Braidwood Dispatch, 1…
- Braidwood, New South Wales 1870#84Public AYR report page for Braidwood, New South Wales 1870. Source-stated location: Braidwood, New South Wales. Event field: Yowie Sighting. Body excerpt retained for review: Source: The Naturalist - Braidwood Dispatch,…
- 1868 - Empire, Australian Gorilla#645Public AYR report page for 1868 - Empire, Australian Gorilla. Location cue from public page title/path: New South Wales, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: Under this heading, the Maitland Mercury of Thu…
- 1866 - Sydney Morning Herald#644Public AYR report page for 1866 - Sydney Morning Herald. Location cue from public page title/path: Sydney, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: For two years past a strange animal has occasionally been see…
- 1866 - Peter Harris Diary, Toowareenah NSW#643Public AYR report page for 1866 - Peter Harris Diary, Toowareenah NSW. Location cue from public page title/path: New South Wales, New South Wales.
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#3729pensities of their employers, and would, by being COTTON, THE FUTURE STAPLE OP QUEENSLAND. 239 themselves reduced to slavery, degrade the community in which they live. They have neither the energy nor the spirit to oppo…
- witch in Queensland, Australia#3728e 127* PORT OF BOCKHAMPTON. RsTUur of Shlpi and Fuiengert, Inwards and Outwards, since the 2nd of October, 1868. r Nan^orsUp. Duke of Wellington Wonga "Wonga Unde Tom • Storm King . Malay . • « Callender . • Emily Hoit…
- ghosts in Queensland, Australia#3727in it brisk conflict with their mysterious assailants. The musid "waxed louder as, now and then, the actors came stamping up to the choir ; and at last, after some rapid evolutions ui which they put forth all their stre…
- ghosts in Queensland, Australia#3726re looking on. Suddenly, from imder a sheet of bark darted a man with his body whitened by pipeclay, his head and face coloured with lines of red and yellow, and a tufk of feathers fixed by means of a stick two feet abo…
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#3725force and virtoe as if embodied in this Act : Pro* Tided that all such roles and bye-laws shall be approved by the goTenor and Exeentive Ck>onGil, and shall be published in the Queensland Gown^ ment Gagette, and shall b…
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#3724d, the same reviewer informs us that " Captain Graah praises highly the honesty, hospitality, and, according to their own ideas, the good manners and politeness of these heathens (the Esquimaux of Davis' Straits). They…
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#3723vellers to be entertained - by bar- barous tribes on the subject of God and of religion. The Apostle Paul informs us, that " the world," that is the Grecian and Eoman world, " by wisdom knew not God ; " and are we to su…
- spirits in Queensland, Australia#3722rned from the sea to visit them again ; and one native appeared firmly to believe, that his father was come back in the person of either Lee or Connoway (two of the number), and took him to the spot where his body had b…
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#3721r people. A variolous disease, somewhat similar to the smaU-pox, which has occasionally prevailed among the natives in various parts of the older colony, from its very commencement, hap- pened to prevail among the tribe…
- spirits in Queensland, Australia#3720ing peculiar in the tones of his voice, they are sure to take him off with the most ludicrous effect. In the older settlements of Australia, the sight of a whole company of black natives — both men and women — in a stat…
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#3719Why she had done so? she repUedwith the greatest apparent indiffe- rencc)- " Piccaninny too much cry I " 880 QUEENSLAND. tions, under the European colonists ; the tribe in actual possession of any &yourable locality obl…
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#3718t they were the first portion of the family of man that reached the south-eastern extremity of Asia, and peopled the multitude of the isles of the Indian Archipelago ; which they ap- pear to have done by passing success…
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#3717and in religion.' " We object to coolies because, being an ignorant and inferior race of people, they would themselves be sufferers from the tyrannical propensities of their employers, and would, by being COTTON, THE FU…
- spirit in Queensland, Australia#3716tle soreness on this private accoimt, amid the general rejoicings, and Dr. Leichhardt's departure from an old-established rule, as well as his actual no- menclature, was made the subject of unfriendly criticism in vario…
- apparition in Queensland, Australia#1785time, set to music by Mr. Nathan, a talented composer in Sydney; and colonial sentimentalism, which had left the traveller and his party to be provisioned and accoutred as they might for their perilous expedition, never…
- Baiame in Queensland, Australia#1784. They speak of Him by the name " Baiame ; ** and those who have learnt that " Gk>d ** is the name by which we speak of the Creator, say that " Baiame is God." Some of them say that Baiame formerly appeared to their fat…
- supernatural in Queensland, Australia#1783cerning supernatural beings. On the Barwan and Namoi APPENDIX I. . 445 they say there is one Being who made all things, whom they never saw, though they hear His Toice in thunder. They speak of Him by the name " Baiame…
- supernatural in Queensland, Australia#1782n in the interior. Note an the Traditions of the Aborigines, WheneTer I hare eonyersed with the aborigines, I find they have definite traditions concerning supernatural beings. On the Barwan and Namoi APPENDIX I. . 445…
- Baiame in Queensland, Australia#1781rigines can sound the letter. S, while a word ending in a liquid^ having indeed no consonants but liquids, is quite in accordance with the smooth sound of their usual speech; and because '< Immanuel" is a word which I c…
- supernatural in Queensland, Australia#1780terior; but if once a stationaiy mission could be established near the coast> it would, on account of the numbers located within a comparatiTely short distance, be a more favourable position than a station in the interi…