| Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1834 - 482 pages
...particular occasions only that they introduce a bone or piece of wood through it, and sometimes a feather. In this part of the coast the natives are divided into three distinct classes — a circumstance quite unique. The first and highest class are named ' Mandrogillies ;' the second... | |
| Thomas Braidwood Wilson - Aboriginal Australians - 1835 - 396 pages
...Stirling mentions Coupang as a healthy place. It may be so at certain seasons of the year ; but I fonnd it widely different. but also for all in the settlement....do not intermarry. The first and highest is named Mandro-gittie, the second, Manbur-ge, and the third, Mandro-wiUie. The first class assumes a superiority... | |
| 1836 - 646 pages
...are, however, better made, and possess more intelligent, and perhaps more savage countenances—they go entirely naked, and their shoulders, breasts, nates,...Mandrogillie, the second, Manbur-ge, and the third, Mandro-icillie. " The first class assumes a superiority over the others, which is submitted to without... | |
| Books - 1836 - 636 pages
...round the waist, and a similar ornament round the head and arms ; and sometimes a necklace of network hanging a considerable length down the back. " Many...Mandrogillie, the second, Manbur-ge, and the third, Mandro-wiliie. " The first class assumes a superiority over the others, which is submitted to without... | |
| Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch - Australia - 1915 - 886 pages
...particular occasions only that they introduce a bone or piece of wood through it, and sometimes a feather. In this part of the coast the natives are divided into three distinct classes — a circumstance quite unique. The first and highest class are named "Mandn gillies;" the second... | |
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