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 192
... Creek gold and the wolfram of Hatch's Creek . The bearded men and bonneted women of the Kimberley rush , with their hand - carts and wagons , made the first road west , the Old Coast Road from Burketown to Derby , but few are living to ...
... Creek gold and the wolfram of Hatch's Creek . The bearded men and bonneted women of the Kimberley rush , with their hand - carts and wagons , made the first road west , the Old Coast Road from Burketown to Derby , but few are living to ...
Page 214
... Creek , where Louis Bloomfield was a lone pioneer . Con- nor's Well was often a slime of dead snakes and owls , but ... Creek . A hundred and sixty miles from Alice Springs to the Barrow , and another hundred and sixty to Tennant's Creek ...
... Creek , where Louis Bloomfield was a lone pioneer . Con- nor's Well was often a slime of dead snakes and owls , but ... Creek . A hundred and sixty miles from Alice Springs to the Barrow , and another hundred and sixty to Tennant's Creek ...
Page 264
... Creek , and he knew every mile of this western country . They found him at Scott's Creek - a foot in a boot , ribs , a shoulder- blade , farther away a head . The wild dogs had found him first . His worldly goods were a keep - sake ...
... Creek , and he knew every mile of this western country . They found him at Scott's Creek - a foot in a boot , ribs , a shoulder- blade , farther away a head . The wild dogs had found him first . His worldly goods were a keep - sake ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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