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 70
... Cribb Island and the blacks of Coontown called it the Pen . It was short for Pig - Pen , and could have referred to the officers as much as to conditions within its walls . ' Thanks for backing me up . I really appreciate it . I'll be ...
... Cribb Island and the blacks of Coontown called it the Pen . It was short for Pig - Pen , and could have referred to the officers as much as to conditions within its walls . ' Thanks for backing me up . I really appreciate it . I'll be ...
Page 85
... Cribb Island was administered very strictly by the Jesuits who had almost total control over the two hundred or so ... Cribb Island was not a true island . It was more a hummock of stable ground within a sprawling network of mosquito ...
... Cribb Island was administered very strictly by the Jesuits who had almost total control over the two hundred or so ... Cribb Island was not a true island . It was more a hummock of stable ground within a sprawling network of mosquito ...
Page 305
... island and guard the pipe inlet , ' Roth directed . ' I need the rest of you here to defend this entrance . Is that ... Cribb Island . Dituwonga had kept faith with Tommy . On the island , at the outlet of the pipe 305.
... island and guard the pipe inlet , ' Roth directed . ' I need the rest of you here to defend this entrance . Is that ... Cribb Island . Dituwonga had kept faith with Tommy . On the island , at the outlet of the pipe 305.
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