He who loses his dreaming is lost.
• Anonymous Aboriginal saying, paraphrased in Bill Harney and A. P. Elkin, Songs of the Songmen (Adelaide: Rigby Ltd., 1968), p. 1 https://archive.org/details/songsofsongmenab1968harn/page/n13/mode/2up
• Anonymous Aboriginal saying, paraphrased in Bill Harney and A. P. Elkin, Songs of the Songmen (Adelaide: Rigby Ltd., 1968), p. 1 https://archive.org/details/songsofsongmenab1968harn/page/n13/mode/2up
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Mordja Amari Boaradja Ngu Borngga Amari Mordja.
— Australia
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Mordja Amari Boaradja Ngu Borngga Amari Mordja." in the context of "He who loses his dreaming is lost.
• Anonymous Aboriginal saying, paraphrased in Bill Harney and A. P. Elkin, Songs of the Songmen (Adelaide: Rigby Ltd., 1968), p. 1 https://archive.org/details/songsofsongmenab1968harn/page/n13/mode/2up" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Australia" (Quotes, Dreamtime)
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About Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the island of Tasmania and a number of other islands in the Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans. Australia claims approximately two-fifths of Antarctica, but this is not widely recognized. It is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and its head of state is the monarch, King Charles III. Australian English is the de facto national language.
About Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the island of Tasmania and a number of other islands in the Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans. Australia claims approximately two-fifths of Antarctica, but this is not widely recognized. It is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and its head of state is the monarch, King Charles III. Australian English is the de facto national language.
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