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 62
Nearing the Barrier Ranges of silver in 1844 , Sturt wrote to Morphett in Adelaide that he had sent Poole and Stuart to the top of a hill for a view of the land : Poole is just returned from the range . He says there are two high ranges ...
Nearing the Barrier Ranges of silver in 1844 , Sturt wrote to Morphett in Adelaide that he had sent Poole and Stuart to the top of a hill for a view of the land : Poole is just returned from the range . He says there are two high ranges ...
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Waterhouse Range ... still the red mountains rose , five hundred miles east and west , wave upon wave breaking higher against the della ... “ The country from north to north - east is a maze of ranges , to the south high broken ranges .
Waterhouse Range ... still the red mountains rose , five hundred miles east and west , wave upon wave breaking higher against the della ... “ The country from north to north - east is a maze of ranges , to the south high broken ranges .
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They dragged twenty - head stampers and tons ' weight of machinery up and down over the bristled ranges , floated companies for hundreds of thousands of pounds , tore angry gaps in the hills for the Sydney , Melbourne and London mine ...
They dragged twenty - head stampers and tons ' weight of machinery up and down over the bristled ranges , floated companies for hundreds of thousands of pounds , tore angry gaps in the hills for the Sydney , Melbourne and London mine ...
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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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