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 104
... thousand miles three thousand fathoms down - a big job for the cable - laying ships . A land - line from Port Augusta on Spencer's Gulf must travel one thousand six hundred miles along the Great Australian Bight to meet it . The second ...
... thousand miles three thousand fathoms down - a big job for the cable - laying ships . A land - line from Port Augusta on Spencer's Gulf must travel one thousand six hundred miles along the Great Australian Bight to meet it . The second ...
Page 191
... hundred horseshoes , where horseshoes were money in the bank . In a midnight flit , they had fifty miles ' start towards the border when the crime was discovered in the morning . That was the only really black mark against them , though ...
... hundred horseshoes , where horseshoes were money in the bank . In a midnight flit , they had fifty miles ' start towards the border when the crime was discovered in the morning . That was the only really black mark against them , though ...
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... hundred miles to the Elsey , then eighty miles to Katherine , the only store in eight hundred miles . Mrs Murray , who made the world welcome at the telegraph station , was first white woman to live in Katherine town . Those last little ...
... hundred miles to the Elsey , then eighty miles to Katherine , the only store in eight hundred miles . Mrs Murray , who made the world welcome at the telegraph station , was first white woman to live in Katherine town . Those last little ...
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Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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