Periodical accounts. 1969.

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Church of the United Brethren among the Heathen. Periodical accounts.

Periodical accounts. 1969.

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Extracts from reports (1) Ebenezer Station, Lake Hindmarsh - Jul. 14, 1862; Snake, fire & flood beliefs; Jan. 10, 1862; Message sticks; Jul. 7, 1879; Drink made of blossoms, snails as food (cooked in ashes), opossums, kangaroo-rats; (2) Ramahyuck (Gippsland) - 1875; Work of mission since its commencement, inter-tribal warfare, influence of Christianity; (3) Report of Royal Commission census of Victorian natives; measles epidemic, report on Ramahyuck & Ebenezer missions; future treatment of Aborigines; (4) Account of Rev. F.A. Hagenauers tour of Queensland - Bloomfield River, flesh of alligator eaten; belief of evil spirit living under large stone Balebi - chief of district; relationship between settlers & natives; Amajins & Tyangatjins not to be trusted; cannibalism; communistic laws; degrees of initiation, description of corroboree, method of fire-making, burial customs, ban of silence.

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