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 74
... horses falling in rotten ground over the black - soil plains to witch - woods ugly and dark . After an eighty - mile ride with never a drink for horses and men , a flight of wild turkeys guided them to lazy grey lagoons a hundred yards ...
... horses falling in rotten ground over the black - soil plains to witch - woods ugly and dark . After an eighty - mile ride with never a drink for horses and men , a flight of wild turkeys guided them to lazy grey lagoons a hundred yards ...
Page 293
... horse - tailer - generally black - anything up to eighty horses - a dozen night- horses , twenty or thirty packs and the rest riding or spares - stores , drays for calves and gear . He knows the waters , feed , good camps , easy going ...
... horse - tailer - generally black - anything up to eighty horses - a dozen night- horses , twenty or thirty packs and the rest riding or spares - stores , drays for calves and gear . He knows the waters , feed , good camps , easy going ...
Page 373
... horse . " First storms along the East Alligator , we would be swimming the horses and wading for many miles with water up to the knee - pads in the black - soil swamps and flood drift . We used to put in the lunch hour on the bank shoot ...
... horse . " First storms along the East Alligator , we would be swimming the horses and wading for many miles with water up to the knee - pads in the black - soil swamps and flood drift . We used to put in the lunch hour on the bank shoot ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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