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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... rain may fall with sun or moon still shining . As I write I see red hills , red leaves , creeks of red sand running through steamy green . I feel the fetor of Territory night under cathedral clouds , with trefoil of coloured lightning ...
... rain may fall with sun or moon still shining . As I write I see red hills , red leaves , creeks of red sand running through steamy green . I feel the fetor of Territory night under cathedral clouds , with trefoil of coloured lightning ...
Page 174
... rain . Here two men died . The Burke and Georgina rivers were an inland sea when the rains came , and from there men and horses , to save the cattle , were swimming for miles . At Nicholson River pleuro broke out in the herds . Every ...
... rain . Here two men died . The Burke and Georgina rivers were an inland sea when the rains came , and from there men and horses , to save the cattle , were swimming for miles . At Nicholson River pleuro broke out in the herds . Every ...
Page 355
... rain - dogs running before them , but while you are wait- ing for the first drops they veer and vanish away . Big rains mean big water- holes and plenty of vegetable tucker , and hunting for the little groups far out on the downs where ...
... rain - dogs running before them , but while you are wait- ing for the first drops they veer and vanish away . Big rains mean big water- holes and plenty of vegetable tucker , and hunting for the little groups far out on the downs where ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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