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 114
... woman . She stank of cheap wine and moaned and grumbled as he pulled her to her feet . The police were staring at Tommy now , but made no move to prevent him . Boonger suddenly stepped forward with a swagger and took the woman's other ...
... woman . She stank of cheap wine and moaned and grumbled as he pulled her to her feet . The police were staring at Tommy now , but made no move to prevent him . Boonger suddenly stepped forward with a swagger and took the woman's other ...
Page 162
... woman was almost a complete stranger to him . He had only met her on a couple of occasions , and then they had been barely civil to each other . She stank of black blood and black suffering ... not of the land of Uluru , but of the ...
... woman was almost a complete stranger to him . He had only met her on a couple of occasions , and then they had been barely civil to each other . She stank of black blood and black suffering ... not of the land of Uluru , but of the ...
Page 243
... woman on the bed , sympathis- ing with her . She had been used by Biamee to bring their delivery into the world of men . He clucked to himself softly and sent her into a deep and restful sleep . Once he was sure that the migloo woman ...
... woman on the bed , sympathis- ing with her . She had been used by Biamee to bring their delivery into the world of men . He clucked to himself softly and sent her into a deep and restful sleep . Once he was sure that the migloo woman ...
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