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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I write a saga of the silent pioneers , and even as a Government is building a fifth New Darwin , I shall try to tell the story of the old . years The stars danced when Darwin was born . “ Exhalations whizzing in the air ” portended a ...
I write a saga of the silent pioneers , and even as a Government is building a fifth New Darwin , I shall try to tell the story of the old . years The stars danced when Darwin was born . “ Exhalations whizzing in the air ” portended a ...
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There was still only one doctor , in Darwin , and no hospital in the north with accommodation for women . W. H. Light , the young telegraph operator at Daly Waters , died in a buggy on the way to medical care — a five - hundredmile ride ...
There was still only one doctor , in Darwin , and no hospital in the north with accommodation for women . W. H. Light , the young telegraph operator at Daly Waters , died in a buggy on the way to medical care — a five - hundredmile ride ...
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Official report shows a roll - call at Darwin school of fifty - one white Australian children , fourteen Greek , sixteen Spanish , forty - six Chinese , fifteen Malay half - castes , five quadroons and sixty - five half - castes .
Official report shows a roll - call at Darwin school of fifty - one white Australian children , fourteen Greek , sixteen Spanish , forty - six Chinese , fifteen Malay half - castes , five quadroons and sixty - five half - castes .
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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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