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 174
... River , second pastoral lease in East Kimberley . Patsy and Jerry Durack shared a great swing of the river between them . No hope of landing the cattle from ships , they must bring the herds from Cooper's Creek , carry their own food ...
... River , second pastoral lease in East Kimberley . Patsy and Jerry Durack shared a great swing of the river between them . No hope of landing the cattle from ships , they must bring the herds from Cooper's Creek , carry their own food ...
Page 371
... river in cargoes of a thousand or so by some little skiff in the mangroves when the shooting season is ended . A grim life , and for their sins the hunters live in a purgatory of small stinging flies . Home is the saddle , a different ...
... river in cargoes of a thousand or so by some little skiff in the mangroves when the shooting season is ended . A grim life , and for their sins the hunters live in a purgatory of small stinging flies . Home is the saddle , a different ...
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... River and Katherine , were news to the world , in small acreage maintaining in vegetables well over a hundred ... river silts for fields of cultivation . Every station garden north of the Tropic for seven months of the year is an ...
... River and Katherine , were news to the world , in small acreage maintaining in vegetables well over a hundred ... river silts for fields of cultivation . Every station garden north of the Tropic for seven months of the year is an ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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