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 42
... dark people for another young master . Three times round Australia before 1820 , Bongaree on the north coast is not so well received , in his old age less a diplomat than a marathon runner . Mermaid romps in high tides of King Sound ...
... dark people for another young master . Three times round Australia before 1820 , Bongaree on the north coast is not so well received , in his old age less a diplomat than a marathon runner . Mermaid romps in high tides of King Sound ...
Page 181
... dark hour of death standing by . They travelled through many a Golden Gate to the old grim story of dreams and starvation . Money meant nothing . Love could not hold them . They lived and died for the pot of gold at rainbow's end . One ...
... dark hour of death standing by . They travelled through many a Golden Gate to the old grim story of dreams and starvation . Money meant nothing . Love could not hold them . They lived and died for the pot of gold at rainbow's end . One ...
Page 342
... dark eyes , nodded that they threw the spears . " You - i . Been killem that cheeky - fella Kambil . Him been killem my brudder before , " each told the court through the interpreter — a brief and childish summing - up of all the sagas ...
... dark eyes , nodded that they threw the spears . " You - i . Been killem that cheeky - fella Kambil . Him been killem my brudder before , " each told the court through the interpreter — a brief and childish summing - up of all the sagas ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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