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 28
... Rainbow Serpent and had been trans- formed into his true form as a deity in a blaze of light . Tommy looked to the centre of the stones . There he could see the fountain of life that gave forth an eternal stream of holy water . The ...
... Rainbow Serpent and had been trans- formed into his true form as a deity in a blaze of light . Tommy looked to the centre of the stones . There he could see the fountain of life that gave forth an eternal stream of holy water . The ...
Page 38
... Rainbow Serpent's heart to give himself a cer- tain amount of freedom . He thinks that he achieved that through his own cunning , but the first stage of his trap has already been laid . Biamee has given him a little bit of room to move ...
... Rainbow Serpent's heart to give himself a cer- tain amount of freedom . He thinks that he achieved that through his own cunning , but the first stage of his trap has already been laid . Biamee has given him a little bit of room to move ...
Page 229
... Rainbow Serpent from Booka's prison . Ningi stayed silent for a moment , trying to guide Tommy through the emotions that surged through his mind . Sud- denly , he had to look up into the darkness . Jonjurrie had sent out a small ...
... Rainbow Serpent from Booka's prison . Ningi stayed silent for a moment , trying to guide Tommy through the emotions that surged through his mind . Sud- denly , he had to look up into the darkness . Jonjurrie had sent out a small ...
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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