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 73
... Finlay had prepared a telling submission , in the event that they received a verdict of manslaughter . They had ... Finlay pack his briefcase . ' You didn't translate for our mate . He should have had a chance to know what was going on ...
... Finlay had prepared a telling submission , in the event that they received a verdict of manslaughter . They had ... Finlay pack his briefcase . ' You didn't translate for our mate . He should have had a chance to know what was going on ...
Page 80
... Finlay . ' But me , I'm a half - breed . I don't even know who my mother or father are . I don't have a tribe . I don't have a land and I don't really have a language I can call my own . When I die I don't even know where I'm going ...
... Finlay . ' But me , I'm a half - breed . I don't even know who my mother or father are . I don't have a tribe . I don't have a land and I don't really have a language I can call my own . When I die I don't even know where I'm going ...
Page 81
... Finlay's apartment . Tommy locked his eyes on hers , and she nodded silently . She had been down to see Macow in his cell , to prepare him . ' How is he ? ' Finlay asked . ' They took all his clothes away , but he all right now . I talk ...
... Finlay's apartment . Tommy locked his eyes on hers , and she nodded silently . She had been down to see Macow in his cell , to prepare him . ' How is he ? ' Finlay asked . ' They took all his clothes away , but he all right now . I talk ...
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