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 112
South of Katherine in a dreadful “ dry ” they were urgently digging wells , sixty feet to solid granite , most of the labour lost . Drays carried more water than gear south from Katherine River . Bullocks and horses died in droves .
South of Katherine in a dreadful “ dry ” they were urgently digging wells , sixty feet to solid granite , most of the labour lost . Drays carried more water than gear south from Katherine River . Bullocks and horses died in droves .
Page 118
Most of them died there , forgotten men , but their work is immortal , and their stations were beacons across the empty plains to the dying and the lost . They gave board and lodging , tucker for the track , maps of waters , medicines ...
Most of them died there , forgotten men , but their work is immortal , and their stations were beacons across the empty plains to the dying and the lost . They gave board and lodging , tucker for the track , maps of waters , medicines ...
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The exciting old diaries are still out there - history left to the white ants , as it is in so many towns and stations of the outback , much of it lost for ever . Headstones in that far - away graveyard tell of a number of men and two ...
The exciting old diaries are still out there - history left to the white ants , as it is in so many towns and stations of the outback , much of it lost for ever . Headstones in that far - away graveyard tell of a number of men and two ...
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So if this book is called The Territory - why is the cover an image of the state of Queensland?
Contents
Chapter Page 1 WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Territory Walkabout pocketbooks |
| Author | Ernestine Hill |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson, 1951 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 27 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0725400196, 9780725400194 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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