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 118
... gave their lives to the Line . Most of them died there , forgotten men , but their work is immortal , and their sta- tions were beacons across the empty plains to the dying and the lost . They gave board and lodging , tucker for the ...
... gave their lives to the Line . Most of them died there , forgotten men , but their work is immortal , and their sta- tions were beacons across the empty plains to the dying and the lost . They gave board and lodging , tucker for the ...
Page 147
... gave warning . To keep the wild dog from the door , pioneers were trapping the beautiful little finches , parrots ... gave up writing letters . Some held the fort for sanity and progress in cruel isolation , some went bankrupt , some ...
... gave warning . To keep the wild dog from the door , pioneers were trapping the beautiful little finches , parrots ... gave up writing letters . Some held the fort for sanity and progress in cruel isolation , some went bankrupt , some ...
Page 314
... gave him a racehorse . Ben won a £ 100 bet with it from a West Australian policeman , for by the time the Ter ... gave them the pret- tiest one - man rodeo the Ord has seen , gave them the horse back " quiet " . " You're not a man ...
... gave him a racehorse . Ben won a £ 100 bet with it from a West Australian policeman , for by the time the Ter ... gave them the pret- tiest one - man rodeo the Ord has seen , gave them the horse back " quiet " . " You're not a man ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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