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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... living . Its gold - mines and its gardens all are graveyards . Until twenty years ago it was so far away from the ... living with the blacks , derelicts , do - nothings , scallawags running away from the law . This is not true . Too ...
... living . Its gold - mines and its gardens all are graveyards . Until twenty years ago it was so far away from the ... living with the blacks , derelicts , do - nothings , scallawags running away from the law . This is not true . Too ...
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... living river , the Murray , to be lost in the maze of the dunes , prisoned in walls of sand . Following birds to water in dreadful drought , he took his bearings by a Broken Hill of hidden mineral millions , first traveller in realms of ...
... living river , the Murray , to be lost in the maze of the dunes , prisoned in walls of sand . Following birds to water in dreadful drought , he took his bearings by a Broken Hill of hidden mineral millions , first traveller in realms of ...
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... living , and now and again struck it rich for a bender with a little find , a secret . They lived like wallabies in " them thar hills " , and the cattle - men had the laugh on them that there were dingbats in Kimber- ley's caves of gold ...
... living , and now and again struck it rich for a bender with a little find , a secret . They lived like wallabies in " them thar hills " , and the cattle - men had the laugh on them that there were dingbats in Kimber- ley's caves of gold ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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