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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... give up business because the bower - birds cleaned him out of buckles . These speckled brown busy - bodies are in myriads all over Centre and north , and keep up a comic flat wrangling all day . A great game for married couples is to ...
... give up business because the bower - birds cleaned him out of buckles . These speckled brown busy - bodies are in myriads all over Centre and north , and keep up a comic flat wrangling all day . A great game for married couples is to ...
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... give in on the threshold of success . " Even he was to learn that the little gods of the old N.T. laugh at determination . In his headlong ride he had seen nothing of the blacks . Of what nature these mystery men of the north ...
... give in on the threshold of success . " Even he was to learn that the little gods of the old N.T. laugh at determination . In his headlong ride he had seen nothing of the blacks . Of what nature these mystery men of the north ...
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... give her the reins to hold . You give her a good tuck - in that night , and a mirror to look at herself , but keep her tied up , and keep a good watch for her friends and relations . Next day you try her on a horse , put your seven ...
... give her the reins to hold . You give her a good tuck - in that night , and a mirror to look at herself , but keep her tied up , and keep a good watch for her friends and relations . Next day you try her on a horse , put your seven ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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