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 59
... gone bush with the Timor ponies , the plantations , the English bull and cow . MacGillivray is " glad to see it before it becomes a matter of history , as I fervently hope the abandonment of the place will make it ere many years are gone ...
... gone bush with the Timor ponies , the plantations , the English bull and cow . MacGillivray is " glad to see it before it becomes a matter of history , as I fervently hope the abandonment of the place will make it ere many years are gone ...
Page 73
... gone . Sadly he turned back . On the way down they met a little Warramunga hero who well deserves his note in history . They surprised a camp of blacks where the men " made off at top speed " leaving “ a little fellow of about seven ...
... gone . Sadly he turned back . On the way down they met a little Warramunga hero who well deserves his note in history . They surprised a camp of blacks where the men " made off at top speed " leaving “ a little fellow of about seven ...
Page 305
... gone , those who rode the ranges " out where the blacks is bad " . Not so long ago an aeroplane pilot around Wave Hill and Victoria River Downs happened to mention a bird's - eye view of a mob moving in lonely country . Victoria had no ...
... gone , those who rode the ranges " out where the blacks is bad " . Not so long ago an aeroplane pilot around Wave Hill and Victoria River Downs happened to mention a bird's - eye view of a mob moving in lonely country . Victoria had no ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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