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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... look at that country " . Aboard the lugger they shipped half a dozen of his brumbies and his blacks . It was the end of Port Essington for Jim . He was fading farther still out of the world . Alf Brown told me the story , with the ...
... look at that country " . Aboard the lugger they shipped half a dozen of his brumbies and his blacks . It was the end of Port Essington for Jim . He was fading farther still out of the world . Alf Brown told me the story , with the ...
Page 391
... look after y'self . ' But she would go back . They sold the station on a top tally , an ' that was thanks to her . But she got away too late . She only went south to die . " There was a brief requiem silence over the pipes . " Old Jack ...
... look after y'self . ' But she would go back . They sold the station on a top tally , an ' that was thanks to her . But she got away too late . She only went south to die . " There was a brief requiem silence over the pipes . " Old Jack ...
Page 432
... looks on us as a busted flush , an ' we look on him as a man as never was , with his little port- able wireless set , an ' his zipper suits , an ' sleepin ' - bag , an ' camera to take shots of himself — how would you look with them ...
... looks on us as a busted flush , an ' we look on him as a man as never was , with his little port- able wireless set , an ' his zipper suits , an ' sleepin ' - bag , an ' camera to take shots of himself — how would you look with them ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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