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IN AUSTRALIAN WILDS 



his boat, in March, 1896. Mr. Stone uttered the 

 funeral oration, when the last of the Gourrmjanyuk 

 tribe was buried in Lake Boga Cemetery. The chief 

 camping ground of the tribe was around the site of 

 Boga township, the different lake shores, and on to 



KITCHEN MIDDEN, LAKE BOGA. 



the banks of the Little Murray River (Barne Mille). 

 In the olden time, according to tradition, this camping- 

 ground was occupied by the Buck (catfish) tribe. 



In the vicinity of the township there are many 

 kitchen middens, where the blacks prepared their 

 meals. Exploring one of these mounds I found, 

 among burnt earth and ashes, charred remains of 



