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W. Ramsay Smith W. Ramsay Smith i(A20367 works by) (a.k.a. William Ramsay Smith)
Born: Established: 27 Nov 1859 Aberdeen,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 28 Sep 1937 Belair, Mitcham area, Adelaide - South / South East, Adelaide, South Australia,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1896
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1 y separately published work icon Australian Legends Osutoraria densetsu W. Ramsay Smith , David Unaipon , Tokyo : Oseania Shuppansha , 1985 Z900616 1985 selected work short story Indigenous story This book is an illustrated edition comprising six stories from W. Ramsay Smith's 1930 edition of Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines.
1 Buthera and the Bat W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work short story
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 341-342)

'In the southern part of Yorke Peninsula there lived a great chief called Bathera. He was a proud man, who ruled haughtily over his tribe. On day his mother told him to journey to the farthest end of the Peninsula, towards Marion Bay. On the outset of his journey his mother told him to be careful and to be prepared to do battle at any time, for she felt that she was sending him on a dangerous journey...' (Source: Myths and Legends)
1 Chirr-bookie, the Blue Crane W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work short story Indigenous story
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 331-341) The story of the Chirrbookie is intended to educate the Raminyeri (Ramindjeri) people or other people of the Ngarrindjeri nation. Chirrbookie was the name of a person who belonged to the Ramindjeri people, he was greatly respected by his own and other clans. This man also taught the people that if they fulfilled the laws and customs they should, if they desired, continued to live on the earth. However, if death came to them by accident or in warfare, or by other means they would only have to wish and that wish would be granted. If the person was a law-breaker and a good man killed him and that same good man expressed a wish that the bad man became stone, then the bad would turn to stone. (Source: footnote p.331, Myths and Legends)
1 Bulpallungga W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work prose Indigenous story
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 301-316) 'This story is often told by the Elders of various tribes throughout Australia. It is told as an object lesson to their boys, with a view to educating them by instilling into their ... minds a knowledge of the disastrous results of living a life that is contrary to the rules of their social order and out of harmony with the community' (Source: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930)
1 1 Perindi and Harrimiah W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work prose Indigenous story
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 294-301) 'The story of Perindi and Harrimiah teaches Aboriginal girls and boys two lessons. One, that they should not become victims to flattery... the second lesson is meekness and humility as expressed in the character of Harrimiah. Unlike Perindi, Harrimiah did not allow pride to dominate him. He mastered it and put it in subjection. He would rather have died than have cultivated a revengeful spirit.' (Source: footnote from Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930)
1 Palpinkalare W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work prose Indigenous story
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 277-294) A traditional legend of an event that happened in far-off days. A story of a young man, a maiden, two brothers, and the Evil One.
1 Woo W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work prose Indigenous story
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 270-272) 'Woo was the strangest and most peculiar being that ever existed. He was the ... only son of a great giantess, who lived and wandered about in the country of the ...Pumbala tribe that inhabited the south and south-eastern parts of ...South Australia.' (Source: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930)
1 Mr and Mrs Newel and their Dog W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work prose Indigenous story
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 264-270) This story of the newals and their dog as the most cruel beings that existed was told of by the Bajeeja tribe.
1 The Keen Keeng W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work prose Indigenous story
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 259-264) The Keen Keeng were mythical creatures who were able to transform their arms into wings.
1 Cheeroonear W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work prose
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 252-259)

A story abour Cheeroonear, his wife and their dogs who were mythical beings in Nallarbor Plains legends.
1 Kirkin and Wyju W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work prose
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 242-249) The story of Kirkin a mythical man who was endowed with long golden hair.
1 The Land of Perfection W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work essay
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 174-182) This work is the author's description of the landscape of the Nullarbor Plains.
1 How Spencer's Gulf Came into Existence W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work prose Indigenous story
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 168-172) According to the author this story was handed down through the ages by the people of the Narrangga tribe. It is a creation myth of Spencer Gulf, one of two large inlets on the southern coast of South Australia and faces the Great Australian Bight.
1 The Coming of Mankind W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work prose
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 31-58)
1 The Story of the Creation W. Ramsay Smith , Kardin-nilla , 1930 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 23-31)

According to this story, the sun and the moon, who are female and the morning star who is male, were deities who gave origin to the human race, and when humans died they become stars in the sky.
1 Preface: W.R.S. W. Ramsay Smith , 1930 single work
— Appears in: Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines 1930; (p. 7-9)

The author's introduction to this collection of narratives told by Aboriginal people.
1 4 y separately published work icon Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines Myths & Legends of the Australian Aboriginals Alice Bolingbroke Woodward (illustrator), W. Ramsay Smith , David Unaipon , London : Harrap , 1930 6080162 1930 selected work prose dreaming story

This 1930s publication describes the legends of the Australian Aborigines located in the southeast corner of Australia near the Murray River. It covers a range of narratives from the creation stories to those of witchcraft, and explanations of landmarks. (Source: Preface).
1 y separately published work icon In Southern Seas : Wanderings of a Naturalist W. Ramsay Smith , London : John Murray , 1924 Z1669555 1924 single work life story travel Smith tells how, weary and worn by the rigorous demands of scientific endeavour, he took his doctor's advice to travel, and offers an account of his journeys through the Pacific Islands and the north of Australia.
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