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R. H. CAMBAGE AND H. SELKIRK. 





Fig. 3. Native's Representation of a Woman. 



This Ceremonial Ground is similar in design to a Bora 

 Ground, where the initiation ceremony was carried out, 

 but from Oxley's note it appears to have been used on the 

 occasion of peacemaking. The representations along the 

 sides of the passage are usually formed of earth and turf, 

 or the design may be cut in the ground. 



Oxley mentions under date 29th November, 1823, (P.B. 

 202), that a Sydney native named Bowen, who was with 

 him, understood something of what the Moreton Bay 

 natives said, and on the same date he records seeing a 

 native burial place. 



We desire to record our thanks to Mr. A. J. Hare, Under 

 Secretary for Lands, for permission to make use of the 

 information contained in Oxley's fieldnotes. 



