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Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang 6, c1798

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[a1341675 / Q79/60 v. 1, opp.p. 577]
(From 'An account of the English colony in New South Wales...' by David Collins, 1798)

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Yoo-long Erah-ba-diahng 1795

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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.

An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales

Book written by David Collins describing the early years of the colony and its native inhabitants.

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