This picture, taken at Adelaide River, Northern Territory. Australia, shows one phase of aboriginal burial rites. Lubras here are dancing and chanting their song for the dead over the grave of a fellow tribesman. Totem pole in the centre indicates the grave.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1939, Page 8
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42This picture, taken at Adelaide River, Northern Territory. Australia, shows one phase of aboriginal burial rites. Lubras here are dancing and chanting their song for the dead over the grave of a fellow tribesman. Totem pole in the centre indicates the grave. Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1939, Page 8
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