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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... fires on Melville Island . They scaled the cliffs with lanterns , a weird apparition had the native Lar- rakia been abroad . With the blue smoke of a breakfast fire curling below on the beach , they looked upon a far and dazzling haven ...
... fires on Melville Island . They scaled the cliffs with lanterns , a weird apparition had the native Lar- rakia been abroad . With the blue smoke of a breakfast fire curling below on the beach , they looked upon a far and dazzling haven ...
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... fires of the dead , who go long way , make big fire , go little way , make little - fella fire , and then must cover their fires , for those on earth shall never know the way they go . You must never point a finger at Magellan's Clouds ...
... fires of the dead , who go long way , make big fire , go little way , make little - fella fire , and then must cover their fires , for those on earth shall never know the way they go . You must never point a finger at Magellan's Clouds ...
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... fire and fans it with dry or dense green bushes to send up the smoke in gusts , light and heavy , short and long- " I'll put up a wriggly smoke if there's cattle out there , and a straight one if there's none . " Every tin on a tree ...
... fire and fans it with dry or dense green bushes to send up the smoke in gusts , light and heavy , short and long- " I'll put up a wriggly smoke if there's cattle out there , and a straight one if there's none . " Every tin on a tree ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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