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 47
With the trade - wind again come three ships from the east , under Captain James Stirling in H.M.S. Success . They circle Croker Island and make over to Raffles Bay , a Malay village of a hundred proas and over a thousand men , canoes ...
With the trade - wind again come three ships from the east , under Captain James Stirling in H.M.S. Success . They circle Croker Island and make over to Raffles Bay , a Malay village of a hundred proas and over a thousand men , canoes ...
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With coloured ochres of the cliffs the gay young captain , a brilliant artist , has painted the scenes himself . It is the talk of the town . The big workshop , under festoon of signal flags , is packed with rosy English faces .
With coloured ochres of the cliffs the gay young captain , a brilliant artist , has painted the scenes himself . It is the talk of the town . The big workshop , under festoon of signal flags , is packed with rosy English faces .
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The mantle of Mayflower fell on the schooner Gulnare , under Captain Samuel Sweet . Once a scapegrace slaver of the Caribbean , her hundred and fifty tons so slow that the cruisers always caught her , Gulnare had reformed in her old age ...
The mantle of Mayflower fell on the schooner Gulnare , under Captain Samuel Sweet . Once a scapegrace slaver of the Caribbean , her hundred and fifty tons so slow that the cruisers always caught her , Gulnare had reformed in her old age ...
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So if this book is called The Territory - why is the cover an image of the state of Queensland?
Contents
Chapter Page 1 WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Territory Walkabout pocketbooks |
| Author | Ernestine Hill |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson, 1951 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 27 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0725400196, 9780725400194 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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