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 54
... stone ? ' he asked without slowing from his task . Jonjurrie reached into his tightly woven hair and removed the last moogi stone . Tommy took it without a word . The little spirit had watched all that had taken place and was amazed ...
... stone ? ' he asked without slowing from his task . Jonjurrie reached into his tightly woven hair and removed the last moogi stone . Tommy took it without a word . The little spirit had watched all that had taken place and was amazed ...
Page 205
... moogi stones that had been entrusted to the sorcerers . The only one that he had not been able to obtain was ... stone ! Now he fixed all his energies on the short clash at Coontown . He knew that the interloper had not been carrying a moogi ...
... moogi stones that had been entrusted to the sorcerers . The only one that he had not been able to obtain was ... stone ! Now he fixed all his energies on the short clash at Coontown . He knew that the interloper had not been carrying a moogi ...
Page 308
... stone had fallen into the sand . Tommy still held his moogi stone , but he had to get back the African stone ; it held the spell that was the only weapon against the beast . To buy time , he flew around in the confined space , taunting ...
... stone had fallen into the sand . Tommy still held his moogi stone , but he had to get back the African stone ; it held the spell that was the only weapon against the beast . To buy time , he flew around in the confined space , taunting ...
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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