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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... Darwin was born . " Exhalations whizzing in the air " portended a curious future . While the sails of discovery were ... Darwin " . Darwin had sailed with Stokes in the famous voyage of the Beagle , five years round the world . It is ...
... Darwin was born . " Exhalations whizzing in the air " portended a curious future . While the sails of discovery were ... Darwin " . Darwin had sailed with Stokes in the famous voyage of the Beagle , five years round the world . It is ...
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... Darwin's dream . It looked like Stephenson's Rocket , but for many bush - dwellers it was the only train they would ever see . To christen it Port Darwin , Mrs Pater , the judge's wife , over its girders cracked a bottle of champagne ...
... Darwin's dream . It looked like Stephenson's Rocket , but for many bush - dwellers it was the only train they would ever see . To christen it Port Darwin , Mrs Pater , the judge's wife , over its girders cracked a bottle of champagne ...
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... Darwin was written up in the press of the south as DARWIN THE DAMNED LAST RESORT OF THE AUSTRALIAN DERELICT . Whipped into shame , a few bright spirits formed a Progress Association to ask for a general clean - up , lights at night , a ...
... Darwin was written up in the press of the south as DARWIN THE DAMNED LAST RESORT OF THE AUSTRALIAN DERELICT . Whipped into shame , a few bright spirits formed a Progress Association to ask for a general clean - up , lights at night , a ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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