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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... night , mostly after rain . I first heard him in the gutta - percha of Brunette , tucked in my swag with an ear to the ground - that uncanny , small , sharp , ventriloquial bark . Was it somebody chopping in the woods — a goanna ? —— a ...
... night , mostly after rain . I first heard him in the gutta - percha of Brunette , tucked in my swag with an ear to the ground - that uncanny , small , sharp , ventriloquial bark . Was it somebody chopping in the woods — a goanna ? —— a ...
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... night there's a blackfellow with a spear behind every bush . The uncanny stillness of moonlight nights is just as bad as a thunderstorm - they listen , and for no reason whatever they're up , and off , and gone ! There are no piebalds ...
... night there's a blackfellow with a spear behind every bush . The uncanny stillness of moonlight nights is just as bad as a thunderstorm - they listen , and for no reason whatever they're up , and off , and gone ! There are no piebalds ...
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... night the blacks were dancing , Uwaja , Bijenelumbo and Kakadu yell- ing yacki , jumping like pantomine devils in ... night ? " " You - i . " " Every night ? " " You - i . Night - time Mamialucum sit [ 378 ]
... night the blacks were dancing , Uwaja , Bijenelumbo and Kakadu yell- ing yacki , jumping like pantomine devils in ... night ? " " You - i . " " Every night ? " " You - i . Night - time Mamialucum sit [ 378 ]
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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