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NATIVE TRIBES OF SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIA
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The bull-roarer is used, but it is not lawful for any woman, or uninitiated person, to see it. Formerly such an offence
FIG. 40.—THE NAKRANG-GA BULL-ROARER. 1 AND 2 ARE OPPOSITE SIDES. ×½ was punished with death, both of the person who showed it and the person to whom it was shown.[1]
Ceremonies at Encounter Bay
The initiation ceremonies at Encounter Bay are briefly described by H. E. A. Meyer.[2] They appear to be nearly the same as those of the Narrinyeri, whose country, according to