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TIL about James Morrill, an English sailor who was shipwrecked off northern Australia in 1846 and taken in by an Aboriginal group. He lived amongst them for 17 years as an equal and learned eight of their local dialects.

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TIL about James Morrill, an English sailor who was shipwrecked off northern Australia in 1846 and taken in by an Aboriginal group. He lived amongst them for 17 years as an equal and learned eight of their local dialects.

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