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
... Tommy walk into the Rings of Bora , far below . He noted the lad's grace and beauty . Tommy was tall for a Biri Gubba , his hair brown and straight . He did not have a ready resemblance to his adopted brothers , but his spirit was deep ...
... Tommy walk into the Rings of Bora , far below . He noted the lad's grace and beauty . Tommy was tall for a Biri Gubba , his hair brown and straight . He did not have a ready resemblance to his adopted brothers , but his spirit was deep ...
Page 188
... Tommy lied glibly . ' We all work and we all mind our own business . ' ' You're Tommy Gubba aren't you ? I've seen you in court a couple of times . ' ' That's right . Why's that ? ' He was becoming more mysti- fied by the minute . The ...
... Tommy lied glibly . ' We all work and we all mind our own business . ' ' You're Tommy Gubba aren't you ? I've seen you in court a couple of times . ' ' That's right . Why's that ? ' He was becoming more mysti- fied by the minute . The ...
Page 310
... Tommy was locked into a course of punishment that would again present a balanced account . Tommy had returned the ... Gubba to answer . The novice had been cast down , stripped of his powers . Matters had been arranged so that he would be ...
... Tommy was locked into a course of punishment that would again present a balanced account . Tommy had returned the ... Gubba to answer . The novice had been cast down , stripped of his powers . Matters had been arranged so that he would be ...
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