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 167
... blacks called him , from his own favourite phrase , a man whose heart was ever in the distance , who found the waters and formed the largest cattle runs in the world . He never strived for money , but was loved and revered by whites and ...
... blacks called him , from his own favourite phrase , a man whose heart was ever in the distance , who found the waters and formed the largest cattle runs in the world . He never strived for money , but was loved and revered by whites and ...
Page 197
... blacks were gone . And what of Houschildt ? Decoyed by his blacks with a tale of gold in the ranges , he had ridden out with Nammie ... and while he was sleeping Nammie had driven a stone - head spear through his throat . The Daly River ...
... blacks were gone . And what of Houschildt ? Decoyed by his blacks with a tale of gold in the ranges , he had ridden out with Nammie ... and while he was sleeping Nammie had driven a stone - head spear through his throat . The Daly River ...
Page 384
... blacks crept round Point Charles into Darwin Harbour . It was Nebraska , Jack Bulanda in command . A boy of nineteen ... blacks and fell . The boys dived into the water , and made off in two canoes . Jack Bulanda said he had been in ...
... blacks crept round Point Charles into Darwin Harbour . It was Nebraska , Jack Bulanda in command . A boy of nineteen ... blacks and fell . The boys dived into the water , and made off in two canoes . Jack Bulanda said he had been in ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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