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A GREAT deal has been written, and has yet to be written, about the origin of the Australian natives. Considering the immense area that they occupy, there is a considerable amount of uniformity both from a physical and a cultural point of view; but it is now recognised that this apparent uniformity does not necessarily imply purity of origin; indeed, a dual or multiple element in the population may be said to be generally accepted.
Eaglehawk and Crow: a Study of the Australian Aborigines, including an Inquiry into their Origin and a Survey of Australian Languages.
By John Mathew Pp. xvi + 288. Five Plates and a Linguistic Map. (London: David Nutt. Melbourne: Melville, Mullen and Slade, 1899.)
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HADDON, A. Eaglehawk and Crow: a Study of the Australian Aborigines, including an Inquiry into their Origin and a Survey of Australian Languages . Nature 61, 193–195 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/061193a0
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