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Accompanied by Mr Schwarz of the Cape Bedford Mission, Meston visits a camp of Aborigines on the Annan River. He witnesses spear-throwing and a bora ceremony, comparing the instructions given to the young initiates to the laws obeyed by Masons. He narrates the retribution that followed when a squatter punished a young Aboriginal who refused to break such a law.
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Wild Country and Wild Tribes XI : A Tour in North Queensland
The Queenslander
The Queenslander
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- Cooktown, Port Douglas - Cooktown area, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland,
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