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" ... hanging a considerable length down the back. " Many of them have the front tooth in the upper jaw knocked out in the same manner as the Port Jackson natives mentioned by Captain Collins. They paint their faces, and frequently their entire bodies,... "
Narrative of a Voyage Round the World: Comprehending an Account of the Wreck ... - Page 163
by Thomas Braidwood Wilson - 1835 - 349 pages
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The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, Volume 4

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...
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Narrative of a Voyage Round the World: Comprehending an Account of the Wreck ...

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...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser. New and improved ser, Volume 1

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...
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The Monthly Review

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...
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Proceedings - Royal Geographical Society of Australasia ..., Volumes 15-17

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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