Talk:Erambie Mission
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[edit]Erambie Mission and Eurambie Park are not close, this song may be from either? - An Aboriginal Song. by C.G.Kable, Eurambie. Boonoonbarng ge dthoombarl weeli yar* wiambe nge. Goondeer goondeer boonbir ngeener gheelambe boornunge. Wggoor waggor mirriuller burrambawar barlboorarmdar yuumbinee. Billabeenthunga billabeenthunga oorungarar.
Literal translation:- Dust mine fog contrary
- (an jaculation turning back)
bone bayonet bone bayonet leaning tree bent down still still a dog roused up like smoke in the spring a river here, a river here, the head of a lake
interpretation:- He dreamt he was out in a storm and got lost He dropped the bone bayonet (from his nose) He felt like a leaning tree bent down but he still kept on and roused up a native dog. The storm kept on and the trees look smoky He thought he saw a river, but it was the head of a lake, He rushed into it ans was safe from the storm.
Science of man and journal of the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia page 32, Vol. 3 No. 2 (22 March 1900) N 572.06 SCI https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn356198 https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-525760225/view?sectionId=nla.obj-532206621 Tradimus (talk) 15:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
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