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
... 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 to north and north ...
... 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 to north and north ...
Page 70
... ranges , to the south high broken ranges . . . . It is the only real range since the Flinders . I have named it MacDonnell after his excellency the governor - in - chief of South Australia as a token of his kindness to me . . . . ' 99 ...
... ranges , to the south high broken ranges . . . . It is the only real range since the Flinders . I have named it MacDonnell after his excellency the governor - in - chief of South Australia as a token of his kindness to me . . . . ' 99 ...
Page 187
... ranges , floated com- panies for hundreds of thousands of pounds , tore angry gaps in the hills for the Sydney , Melbourne and London mine agents and managers hurrying to bury money there . H.M.S. Myrmidon surveyed Cambridge Gulf and ...
... ranges , floated com- panies for hundreds of thousands of pounds , tore angry gaps in the hills for the Sydney , Melbourne and London mine agents and managers hurrying to bury money there . H.M.S. Myrmidon surveyed Cambridge Gulf and ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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