 | Alfred William Howitt - Aboriginal Australians - 1904 - 872 pages
...the head, or senior, of which exacted compliance from the rest. When the English met with families, they were always accosted by the person who appeared...distinguishing appellation of Be-anna or " father." The title being conferred solely on him (although they perceived the authority of masters over their... | |
 | Alfred William Howitt - Aboriginal Australians - 1904 - 876 pages
...the head, or senior, of which exacted compliance from the rest. When the English met with families, they were always accosted by the person who appeared...distinguishing appellation of Be-anna or " father." The title being conferred solely on him (although they perceived the authority of masters over their... | |
 | William Isaac Thomas - Social history - 1909 - 956 pages
...the head, or senior, of which exacted compliance from the rest. When the English met with families, they were always accosted by the person who appeared...bestowed on him the distinguishing appellation of Bc-anna or "father." The title being conferred solely on him (although they perceived the authority... | |
 | James George Frazer - Endogamy and exogamy - 1910 - 624 pages
...Northern 3 Spencer and Gillen, Native Tribes, Tribes (p. 20) these writers observe : p. 103 note1. distributed into families, the head or senior of which...those among them who enjoyed that distinction belonged the authority of a chief. When any of these went into the town, they were immediately pointed out by... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1922 - 608 pages
...When the natives of Botany Bay, Port Jackson, and Broken Bay, in the time when Sydney was established, perceived the authority with which Governor Phillip...distinguishing appellation of be-anna, or father. 2 Facts like these testify that classificatory terms embody feelings of friendliness or respect, normally... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - Celibacy - 1922 - 608 pages
...When the natives of Botany Bay, Port Jackson, and Broken Bay, in the time when Sydney was established, perceived the authority with which Governor Phillip...him the distinguishing appellation of be-anna, or father.1 Facts like these testify that classificatory terms embody feelings of friendliness or respect,... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - History - 1922 - 622 pages
...When the natives of Botany Bay, Port Jackson, and Broken Bay, in the time when Sydney was established, perceived the authority with which Governor Phillip...him the distinguishing appellation of be-anna, or father.2 Facts like these testify that classificatory terms embody feelings of friendliness or respect,... | |
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The word which in their language signifies father was applied to their old men ; and when, after some time, and by close observation, they perceived the authority with which Governor Phillip commanded, and the obedience which he exacted, they bestowed... 