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Issue Details: First known date: 1898... 1898 The Vengeance of Parpoonya : A Tale of the Times of Old
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Meston tells of how two young women, Nooneonya and Wiannmal, fell in love with Calboonya at a corrobbee. Calboonya asked for and received permission to marry Nooneonya but then ran off with Wiannmai. The desire for retribution led to private battles and then a tribal war.

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    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 17 December 1898 Z1273638 1898 newspaper issue 1898 pg. 18 Section: Christmas Supplement
    Note: The author notes that this story 'is a narrative of events exactly as they happened, and the customs described were those of the tribes concerned.'
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18 Christmas Supplement http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20854436 The Vengeance of Parpoonya : A Tale of the Times of Oldsmall AustLit logo The Queenslander
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  • South East Queensland, Queensland,
  • Beaudesert - Tamborine - Rathdowney area, South East Queensland, Queensland,
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