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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... Yeah , we tied up in Melbourne first off , then pissed off over to Tassie . We run into Mister Roth and he took us on . All the cockies and the government fullahs were screaming for shooters early in the piece . They had a bloody stack ...
... Yeah , we tied up in Melbourne first off , then pissed off over to Tassie . We run into Mister Roth and he took us on . All the cockies and the government fullahs were screaming for shooters early in the piece . They had a bloody stack ...
Page 102
Sam Watson. ' Yeah , we took it on , ' Tommy jumped in , unsure again of Boonger's intent . ' Why's that ? ' ' He got the rope , eh ? ' ' Yeah , the jury come back this afternoon and he was sen- tenced straight away . ' Tommy drained his ...
Sam Watson. ' Yeah , we took it on , ' Tommy jumped in , unsure again of Boonger's intent . ' Why's that ? ' ' He got the rope , eh ? ' ' Yeah , the jury come back this afternoon and he was sen- tenced straight away . ' Tommy drained his ...
Page 136
... Yeah , righto . You reckon you could get one of your mates to keep an eye on this place ? ' ' Yeah , I'll do that straight away . ' He turned to go . ' You take care of yourself . I don't want you to get picked up . ' ' No problems . I ...
... Yeah , righto . You reckon you could get one of your mates to keep an eye on this place ? ' ' Yeah , I'll do that straight away . ' He turned to go . ' You take care of yourself . I don't want you to get picked up . ' ' No problems . I ...
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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