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 42
... poorie way ? ' The simple - minded black was taken aback . ' No , boy , ' Booka reassured him . ' Their magic is nothing to do with that . They don't have any deep feelings at all about the land , so they don't draw any power from there ...
... poorie way ? ' The simple - minded black was taken aback . ' No , boy , ' Booka reassured him . ' Their magic is nothing to do with that . They don't have any deep feelings at all about the land , so they don't draw any power from there ...
Page 108
... poorie bag with him everywhere and he only needed a single bone to break the spell and free Sugar . He sang a low song , burnt a pair of red leaves and passed the bone over the pale flesh beneath him . In a matter of seconds Sugar's ...
... poorie bag with him everywhere and he only needed a single bone to break the spell and free Sugar . He sang a low song , burnt a pair of red leaves and passed the bone over the pale flesh beneath him . In a matter of seconds Sugar's ...
Page 177
... poorie bag that hung from his naked waist . The belt of human hair and a thin coat of goanna oil were all that he was wearing . He kept out of the light and looked at the ground more urgently . Finally , he made it to the bin and ...
... poorie bag that hung from his naked waist . The belt of human hair and a thin coat of goanna oil were all that he was wearing . He kept out of the light and looked at the ground more urgently . Finally , he made it to the bin and ...
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