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Yoo-long Erah-ba-diahng 1795

An Aboriginal rite of passage in February 1795 at Woccanmagully (Farm Cove), involving Colebee and Nanbarry, in which boys were made men after ordeals that concluded when their upper right front tooth was knocked out.

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Feb 1795
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