The Kadaitcha SungPenguin Books, assisted by the Literature Board of the Australia Council, 1990 - Fiction - 313 pages Novel using Central Australian mythology and sorcery beliefs. |
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Page 103
... Boonger . ' Fuckin ' hell ! ' The big pug leapt to his feet with such force that the chair was sent skittering . He strode onto the lounge floor , heading for the dancers . ' Keep cool , ' Tommy warned Finlay . ' This is a family mat ...
... Boonger . ' Fuckin ' hell ! ' The big pug leapt to his feet with such force that the chair was sent skittering . He strode onto the lounge floor , heading for the dancers . ' Keep cool , ' Tommy warned Finlay . ' This is a family mat ...
Page 136
... Boonger had come up beside Tommy . ' He's going over to the lockup now . You sober or what ? ' ' What's up with you , Boy ? You pulling the heavy on a man , are you ? ' Tommy knew that he had to be careful . He couldn't afford to get ...
... Boonger had come up beside Tommy . ' He's going over to the lockup now . You sober or what ? ' ' What's up with you , Boy ? You pulling the heavy on a man , are you ? ' Tommy knew that he had to be careful . He couldn't afford to get ...
Page 195
... Boonger stood in the middle of the floor , a roll of notes in his hand . ' Come on , you mob , ' he turned to the whites . ' One of youse must want to have a go ... ' Let the young bloke play ! ' a girl said . She had lost her last two ...
... Boonger stood in the middle of the floor , a roll of notes in his hand . ' Come on , you mob , ' he turned to the whites . ' One of youse must want to have a go ... ' Let the young bloke play ! ' a girl said . She had lost her last two ...
Common terms and phrases
arms bastard beer beneath Biamee Biamee's blood body Booka Roth Boonger Bora Ring boss Brisbane Bulley Bunda Bunyatt camp Ceddy close Coontown couple Cribb Island dark Darpil dingo door drink eyes face feel feet Fingal fingers Finlay Fleur floor forward friggin front fuck fuckin fullah going grabbed hand Hinds Jack Jarroo Jelda Jonjurrie kill Kobbina Koobara land Macow Mary mate migloo mind mission Mister moogi stone mouth Native Mounted Police never night Ningi Pinni poorie pulled Purnung pushed Rainbow Serpent reached Roth's sacred Sambo shit shook his head shoulder spirit Stephen stepped stood sure talk Tea-Pot thing told Tommy asked Tommy bowed Tommy Gubba Tommy knew Tommy looked Tommy nodded Tommy smiled Tommy walked Tommy's tonight took tribes trying turned Uluru voice waiting wall wallaby watched woman Worimi worry Yeah young Kadaitcha