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 67
... springs , " good water , unlimited supply " . Hergott Springs went down on the map where now is the railway town of Marree . . . and a few miles on the bountiful Finniss Springs . On the very shores of Lake Eyre , in rock and salt and ...
... springs , " good water , unlimited supply " . Hergott Springs went down on the map where now is the railway town of Marree . . . and a few miles on the bountiful Finniss Springs . On the very shores of Lake Eyre , in rock and salt and ...
Page 213
... Springs were only Alice Well , and Deep Well two hundred feet down , half the time the bucket broken and the water full of dead turkeys and wild dogs . Old hands followed emu tracks to the springs , or went in to Ooraminna Rockholes ...
... Springs were only Alice Well , and Deep Well two hundred feet down , half the time the bucket broken and the water full of dead turkeys and wild dogs . Old hands followed emu tracks to the springs , or went in to Ooraminna Rockholes ...
Page 393
... Springs rubies ? I was in that rush , back in eighty - six . . . ... 99 How shall we tell of those women , few and far apart , who leave an im- mortal name in the Territory ? Evacuated from Ban Ban Springs to Adelaide in 1942 was Mrs ...
... Springs rubies ? I was in that rush , back in eighty - six . . . ... 99 How shall we tell of those women , few and far apart , who leave an im- mortal name in the Territory ? Evacuated from Ban Ban Springs to Adelaide in 1942 was Mrs ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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