William Buckley the Wild White Man And His Port Phillip Black Friends
William Buckley the Wild White Man And His Port Phillip Black Friends
Bonwick, James, 1817-1906
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Whatever connection some dances of the Australian natives may have originally had with idolatrous ceremonies, we are sure that the spirit of them has long since departed. We have our Kangaroo dance, Emu dance, Frog dance, &c. The ancient Celts held moonlight corrobories. Layard witnessed a night dance among the devil worshippers of Assyria. The Dyaks of Borneo have a similar practice with our aborigines. The Indians of America, like these, terminated their dances with a loud " Waugh !" But a si...mple sketch of the author's observa- tions of a Corrobory, may interest those who arrive in the Colony, to behold a scattered, deteriorated, spiritless, and decimated people. The moon is full ; and the hills that had glared in the noontide heat, and sympathised with the declining sun in varying hues of gold, of purple, and of ashey grey, now softly sleep in the calm and holy light. The Laughing Jackass has carolled his farewell note, and the Bat mysteriously flits its eccentric course, when from the valley there rises a sound unlike any other, which tells of departing sympathies and a departing race.
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