Language:
Australian:
Gombeeree
English:
Perhaps the relation given by Gombeeree, of the cure of his wound, now gave rise to the following superstitious ceremony.
Category:
name of person
Source:
Tench
Page:
232
Line:
10
Respelt:
gumbiri
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1793
Meaning Clue:
"Gombeeree" gumbiri = "Perhaps the relation given by Gombeeree, of the cure of his wound, now gave rise to the following superstitious ceremony." : Tench [:232:10] [BB]
Source Details:
Captain Watkin Tench: A Narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay (1789) and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson 1788-1791 (1793): Republished at Sydney’s First Four Years (1961), Library of Australian History