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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... half - castes , and Mrs Carruth with the first little school of half - caste black and white . The only other school was at Alice Springs , a thousand miles away . Norman Bell was Director of vanished Mines . At the hospital out on the ...
... half - castes , and Mrs Carruth with the first little school of half - caste black and white . The only other school was at Alice Springs , a thousand miles away . Norman Bell was Director of vanished Mines . At the hospital out on the ...
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... half a kerosene tin for boiling the beef and a barrel of brine . A bush table was rooted in the ground with a form at either side - knife , fork , pannikin , chipped enamel plates , salt , pepper and sauce . In drab frocks down to their ...
... half a kerosene tin for boiling the beef and a barrel of brine . A bush table was rooted in the ground with a form at either side - knife , fork , pannikin , chipped enamel plates , salt , pepper and sauce . In drab frocks down to their ...
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... half a century , the most suit- able and most serviceable riding - boot in the world , easy to don , easy to slip , well heeled for a grip of the stirrup , and easy to wear . Some never took them off for years , sleeping or waking . The ...
... half a century , the most suit- able and most serviceable riding - boot in the world , easy to don , easy to slip , well heeled for a grip of the stirrup , and easy to wear . Some never took them off for years , sleeping or waking . The ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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