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 275
Scores of farm - hands came from south by steamer , fares paid , high wages . ... A signpost on the Stuart Highway with a pointing hand , a deserted little railway shack in the long grasses - not even a notice to WHISTLE — is Batchelor ...
Scores of farm - hands came from south by steamer , fares paid , high wages . ... A signpost on the Stuart Highway with a pointing hand , a deserted little railway shack in the long grasses - not even a notice to WHISTLE — is Batchelor ...
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He put out a hand to snatch , and Hamilton viciously slashed the hand with his knife . Caliph picked up the steel , and they fought like devils . Myra ran after Muggleton's horse tracks for fifteen miles . When they came back to the ...
He put out a hand to snatch , and Hamilton viciously slashed the hand with his knife . Caliph picked up the steel , and they fought like devils . Myra ran after Muggleton's horse tracks for fifteen miles . When they came back to the ...
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Wagers up to £ 400 would be won and lost on a wizard with the stockwhip in the old Katherine pub - he would crack it while tossing from hand to hand , curl it round his neck like a python and cut a cigarette in half from a comrade's ...
Wagers up to £ 400 would be won and lost on a wizard with the stockwhip in the old Katherine pub - he would crack it while tossing from hand to hand , curl it round his neck like a python and cut a cigarette in half from a comrade's ...
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So if this book is called The Territory - why is the cover an image of the state of Queensland?
Contents
Chapter Page 1 WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Territory Walkabout pocketbooks |
| Author | Ernestine Hill |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson, 1951 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 27 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0725400196, 9780725400194 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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