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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... camp on the rich veldts and in the lush valleys of the South Land . He was called Biamee and he loved all life . In time he came to love the tribes of man above all others , for they revered him and his laws . For many aeons the land ...
... camp on the rich veldts and in the lush valleys of the South Land . He was called Biamee and he loved all life . In time he came to love the tribes of man above all others , for they revered him and his laws . For many aeons the land ...
Page 41
... camp of the migloo . His appear- ance was nondescript and that served his purpose . But the rain had unsettled him . Water was the key to his mortal death and it battered wildly , mindlessly against the windshield , try- ing to get at ...
... camp of the migloo . His appear- ance was nondescript and that served his purpose . But the rain had unsettled him . Water was the key to his mortal death and it battered wildly , mindlessly against the windshield , try- ing to get at ...
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... camp dogs . A few of the mongrels dared to approach , but Tommy quickly dis- patched them with well - aimed blows . The animals fled yelping , their mouths salivating at the fresh smell of game . The mission was otherwise quiet . Most ...
... camp dogs . A few of the mongrels dared to approach , but Tommy quickly dis- patched them with well - aimed blows . The animals fled yelping , their mouths salivating at the fresh smell of game . The mission was otherwise quiet . Most ...
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