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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The quarterboats tilted in the davits , but a mighty wave foamed through and swamped them , sweeping the decks with panic . Men clung to the shrouds , women to their children . Little Monsieur Durand darted about making shrill outcry ...
The quarterboats tilted in the davits , but a mighty wave foamed through and swamped them , sweeping the decks with panic . Men clung to the shrouds , women to their children . Little Monsieur Durand darted about making shrill outcry ...
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In 1883 Buchanan , with his wife's brothers , the Gordons , took up the headwaters of Victoria River , the measureless plains and big creeks of Wave Hill , first station in the western Territory .
In 1883 Buchanan , with his wife's brothers , the Gordons , took up the headwaters of Victoria River , the measureless plains and big creeks of Wave Hill , first station in the western Territory .
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From Newcastle Waters to Wave Hill on the long ride to the west , the first hundred and forty miles is Murran - ji Track , the northern rim of nothing , most notorious dry stage of Australia in the number of its deaths by thirst and ...
From Newcastle Waters to Wave Hill on the long ride to the west , the first hundred and forty miles is Murran - ji Track , the northern rim of nothing , most notorious dry stage of Australia in the number of its deaths by thirst and ...
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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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