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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... blue , the drama of its first hundred years began with a rain of fire from the skies and so it ended . From H.M.S. Beagle in that hazy harbour in September 1839 , John Lort Stokes has written : " Brilliant meteors fell in the evening of ...
... blue , the drama of its first hundred years began with a rain of fire from the skies and so it ended . From H.M.S. Beagle in that hazy harbour in September 1839 , John Lort Stokes has written : " Brilliant meteors fell in the evening of ...
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... blue bonnet , Blue Mountain , blue - grass parrot - a splash of heaven on the road - the Antioch or golden - shoulder in pairs , feeding on white gum - blossom , lorikeets and parakeets decorative as Hindu tapestries , all these nest in ...
... blue bonnet , Blue Mountain , blue - grass parrot - a splash of heaven on the road - the Antioch or golden - shoulder in pairs , feeding on white gum - blossom , lorikeets and parakeets decorative as Hindu tapestries , all these nest in ...
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... Blue - shirted , bow - legged from a childhood in the saddle , his trousers low - belted on his hips , he has the ... blue , are the grey - blue of the distance . His hair , from the bleach of the sun , will be nearly white . He may have ...
... Blue - shirted , bow - legged from a childhood in the saddle , his trousers low - belted on his hips , he has the ... blue , are the grey - blue of the distance . His hair , from the bleach of the sun , will be nearly white . He may have ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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