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NULLA NULLAS ( local name MUCAE? & made out of CABBAGE TREE PALM) & EELAMON a shield used in fights with spears & boomerangs local name GOONMARRI shield made out of cork wood DUNDUN.

In the above mentioned fight neither man gave in, & finished it by each putting his left hand on his opponents shoulder & had cut for cut with a knife, bound so that it would not cut too deeply. On one occasion one man cut the main artery at the back of his opponents knee, or a little above the knee. This being illegal the onlookers rushed him got him down & cut off both his big toes, which was a death sentence as he could no longer climb trees for POSSUMS NUGI, native bears GOOL-LA sugar bags native bees (COBBIN GOUTCHA) honey? etc.

A young Abo always had to fight the young gin's relatives as part of the marriage ceremony, but doubt if the relatives put much ginger into their blows.

They were wonderfully clever with their shields, & if not able to step aside from spears& boomerangs, they turned them off with their shields

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