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 312
... cook , and a trusted lubra named Myra . They had killed a bullock for meat and Hamilton was cutting it up when a half - civilized boy , Caliph , from Borro- loola , walked in . He was cheeky and spoke good English — a type the bush- man ...
... cook , and a trusted lubra named Myra . They had killed a bullock for meat and Hamilton was cutting it up when a half - civilized boy , Caliph , from Borro- loola , walked in . He was cheeky and spoke good English — a type the bush- man ...
Page 426
... cooked and eaten hot , but let them cool and they taste like yolk of egg with more flavour . The only edible part of the crocodile is his tail . You cook it blackfellow fashion in hot stones covered with earth and the fire on top , then ...
... cooked and eaten hot , but let them cool and they taste like yolk of egg with more flavour . The only edible part of the crocodile is his tail . You cook it blackfellow fashion in hot stones covered with earth and the fire on top , then ...
Page 436
... cook a damper or boil the billy . If I was in at the hut , an ' remembered , I shot a scrub turkey an ' gave it to the lubra to cook , an ' made the blacks a boggy puddin ' - they like it boggy , ' long time sit down longa binjey ...
... cook a damper or boil the billy . If I was in at the hut , an ' remembered , I shot a scrub turkey an ' gave it to the lubra to cook , an ' made the blacks a boggy puddin ' - they like it boggy , ' long time sit down longa binjey ...
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Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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