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
... 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 busy in the bay , smoke - houses along the shore like the factory ...
... 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 busy in the bay , smoke - houses along the shore like the factory ...
Page 54
... Captain Owen Stanley pre- sents a play - some rollicking farce from a dog - eared book he picked up by chance on Tower Hill and carried with him from Cape Horn to the Arctic Circle . With coloured ochres of the cliffs the gay young captain ...
... Captain Owen Stanley pre- sents a play - some rollicking farce from a dog - eared book he picked up by chance on Tower Hill and carried with him from Cape Horn to the Arctic Circle . With coloured ochres of the cliffs the gay young captain ...
Page 95
... Captain Douglas , his wife and seven children and their Irish maid . A sturdy old clipper - skipper from the China Seas , South Australia's Col- lector of Customs , Captain Douglas was appointed Government Resident . Others aboard ...
... Captain Douglas , his wife and seven children and their Irish maid . A sturdy old clipper - skipper from the China Seas , South Australia's Col- lector of Customs , Captain Douglas was appointed Government Resident . Others aboard ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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