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 341
... killed him in his pale and painted effigy , stabbed him , smothered him , held him down to drown , around the red ... Kill Kambil ? Ha ! they only gammon . No guts . Can't kill Kambil proper . Tonight him die , tomorrow him walkabout ...
... killed him in his pale and painted effigy , stabbed him , smothered him , held him down to drown , around the red ... Kill Kambil ? Ha ! they only gammon . No guts . Can't kill Kambil proper . Tonight him die , tomorrow him walkabout ...
Page 362
... kill and eat of his own totem . Often when a boy comes asking his employer for meat , the white man will say , " I've ... killed in the earlies because when employing lubras he refused to allow them to take tucker back to the men of the ...
... kill and eat of his own totem . Often when a boy comes asking his employer for meat , the white man will say , " I've ... killed in the earlies because when employing lubras he refused to allow them to take tucker back to the men of the ...
Page 435
... killed by blacks on the Victoria . " Third Christmas was in at the Kathe - rhyne , about eight years later at Tom Pearce's pub . The Chinaman cook killed a few fowls and knocked up a first - rate duff , but Tom's wife was a lady an ...
... killed by blacks on the Victoria . " Third Christmas was in at the Kathe - rhyne , about eight years later at Tom Pearce's pub . The Chinaman cook killed a few fowls and knocked up a first - rate duff , but Tom's wife was a lady an ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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