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 86
... sailed the silver mazes of Camden Harbour to find that " glorious Glenelg " River was salt . The " noble forests " had faded into red crags and bush - fires . The " waving pastures " were that Biblical grass " which today is , and ...
... sailed the silver mazes of Camden Harbour to find that " glorious Glenelg " River was salt . The " noble forests " had faded into red crags and bush - fires . The " waving pastures " were that Biblical grass " which today is , and ...
Page 178
... sailed Black Jack Reid in the schooner Good Intent , with a cargo of Thursday Island rum . He dumped a tankful , worth £ 700 , in charge of his wife under the Leichhardt trees , and made off with the rest to catch the mobs at Roper Bar ...
... sailed Black Jack Reid in the schooner Good Intent , with a cargo of Thursday Island rum . He dumped a tankful , worth £ 700 , in charge of his wife under the Leichhardt trees , and made off with the rest to catch the mobs at Roper Bar ...
Page 224
... sailed pearling - ships beating out to sea , to see the giant form of Barney Flynn stalking emu - like through a dwarfish crowd of Japs and Manilamen , to be once more with the B.A.T. and the O.T. and the G.R. and Paddy Cahill while the ...
... sailed pearling - ships beating out to sea , to see the giant form of Barney Flynn stalking emu - like through a dwarfish crowd of Japs and Manilamen , to be once more with the B.A.T. and the O.T. and the G.R. and Paddy Cahill while the ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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