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 293
... camp - draughting . First mail after the wet brought letters and wires from the companies and owners regarding mobs and drovers . At an appointed waterhole and yards the head stockman meets the boss drover to hand over . The cattle are ...
... camp - draughting . First mail after the wet brought letters and wires from the companies and owners regarding mobs and drovers . At an appointed waterhole and yards the head stockman meets the boss drover to hand over . The cattle are ...
Page 356
... camp are racing round playing and yelling , " Jamba koola nienta ! Shut up and sit quick ! " the men will shout , and a dead hush comes over the camp under grey curd of skies . They have a quaint idiom , " legs of rain " . Here is a ...
... camp are racing round playing and yelling , " Jamba koola nienta ! Shut up and sit quick ! " the men will shout , and a dead hush comes over the camp under grey curd of skies . They have a quaint idiom , " legs of rain " . Here is a ...
Page 422
... camp under a shady tree , a spiral of blue smoke and a billy boiling - wistful mirror , silently dream- ing , reflecting a continent's history . The Australian bush gives you liberty , fraternity and equality in full measure . It ...
... camp under a shady tree , a spiral of blue smoke and a billy boiling - wistful mirror , silently dream- ing , reflecting a continent's history . The Australian bush gives you liberty , fraternity and equality in full measure . It ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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