Indigenous spirit and ghost folklore of "settled" Australia

Folklore

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-161

  Clarke, Philip A ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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EID: 43249137684     PISSN: 0015587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00155870701337346     Document Type: Article

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