The TerritoryGeneral ref. to physical & mental characteristics, effect of white contact, relations with early settlers; Malay influence in Arnhem Land; Brief mention of fish weirs on Daly River, census of Larrakea (in 1870); stone arrangements near MacaArthur River Station; cave paintings & skeletons in Walgandu cave near Mountain Creek (Roper River tributary); paintings near Ooraminna Rockholes; Account of organization & life of Warramunga people; General beliefs supertitions, food and birth customs; Many tribes mentioned. |
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Page 178
... Billy Macleod , in the schooner Lucy and Adelaide , came across from Normanton with stores and grog , sat down on the river bank with a double - barrelled gun to guard them from the blacks , and Bor- roloola was on the map . Into the ...
... Billy Macleod , in the schooner Lucy and Adelaide , came across from Normanton with stores and grog , sat down on the river bank with a double - barrelled gun to guard them from the blacks , and Bor- roloola was on the map . Into the ...
Page 320
... Billy Miller , from running wild cattle on Limmen River , cut their tracks when the big wagon was axle - deep in bog . Jim's bullock- driver was a Tjingilli boy from Newcastle Waters , melancholy eyes , long hair and a Mephisto ...
... Billy Miller , from running wild cattle on Limmen River , cut their tracks when the big wagon was axle - deep in bog . Jim's bullock- driver was a Tjingilli boy from Newcastle Waters , melancholy eyes , long hair and a Mephisto ...
Page 321
... Billy drove them forth with blasting and with mildew from the Book of Haggai , and out of the bog the big team churned on . Billy threw his packs on the wagon and joined the staff . Picture the cavalcade plodding eight or nine miles a ...
... Billy drove them forth with blasting and with mildew from the Book of Haggai , and out of the bog the big team churned on . Billy threw his packs on the wagon and joined the staff . Picture the cavalcade plodding eight or nine miles a ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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