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 52
... head of the bay . On the crest of a white cliff - Adam Head - Bremer and Stanley run up stockade and huts , at the foot of it a little stone pier . On 13th December , with march of marines to fife and drum and a delighted crowd of the ...
... head of the bay . On the crest of a white cliff - Adam Head - Bremer and Stanley run up stockade and huts , at the foot of it a little stone pier . On 13th December , with march of marines to fife and drum and a delighted crowd of the ...
Page 230
... Head , he visioned " cities and hamlets on the shores of this new - found river , and smoke arising from Christian hearths where now the prowling savage lights his fire " . The prowling savage still lights his fire there without putting ...
... Head , he visioned " cities and hamlets on the shores of this new - found river , and smoke arising from Christian hearths where now the prowling savage lights his fire " . The prowling savage still lights his fire there without putting ...
Page 302
... head ringer instructions to carry on with the cattle , and lay down in the shade - his last shade . Hussey is out there somewhere , and Billie Leanie from the Orkneys , one of Todd's Men . Dan Sheahan is buried at the head of Armstrong ...
... head ringer instructions to carry on with the cattle , and lay down in the shade - his last shade . Hussey is out there somewhere , and Billie Leanie from the Orkneys , one of Todd's Men . Dan Sheahan is buried at the head of Armstrong ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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