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Newspaper
Wingham Chronicle And Manning River Observer
Location
Wingham, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1925
Page
8
Phillip Cohen documents a Hastings River event labeled The Gaboora in Year 1088. The narrative details a complex ceremony with Windarra and Keb Goyal rituals, tribesmen in painted attire, the arrival of opponents, a ritual bone revelation, Karadjis handling sacred objects, and the climactic firing of the home fire as day breaks.
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The readable portions describe a ceremony with painted native figures, feather and tar dress, and ritual ascent around a pole. The language is garbled, but indicates age-based ceremony roles and ceremonial objects, ending with a hesitating, unclear note on participants and sequence.
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