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 138
... grabbed his beer and took a long pull on it . ' Hmmph ! That fullah be charging up by now , he get good and full every Friday night . ' Tommy looked at the sea of bodies around them . His head was aching from the strain of having to ...
... grabbed his beer and took a long pull on it . ' Hmmph ! That fullah be charging up by now , he get good and full every Friday night . ' Tommy looked at the sea of bodies around them . His head was aching from the strain of having to ...
Page 285
... grabbed Boonger and pushed him to the side as a big white man stumbled out of the door . He was wearing only a pair of soiled briefs and was carrying a half - empty bottle . ' Won't be long ... ' he yelled over his shoulder as he stag ...
... grabbed Boonger and pushed him to the side as a big white man stumbled out of the door . He was wearing only a pair of soiled briefs and was carrying a half - empty bottle . ' Won't be long ... ' he yelled over his shoulder as he stag ...
Page 302
... grabbed a whisky bottle and hurled it against the wall . Shattered glass and alcohol showered down on the huddled form . ' I took you for a man to back me up . Man ? I'm cursed with fools . ' Booka Roth recrossed the room and slumped ...
... grabbed a whisky bottle and hurled it against the wall . Shattered glass and alcohol showered down on the huddled form . ' I took you for a man to back me up . Man ? I'm cursed with fools . ' Booka Roth recrossed the room and slumped ...
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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