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 123
... seven shanties and seven stores , a couple of hundred shacks - but soon it was a town of empty houses and gold widows . Even the Government Resident had " gone to the reefs " . A hundred miles to the south of it , Fletcher of the O.T. ...
... seven shanties and seven stores , a couple of hundred shacks - but soon it was a town of empty houses and gold widows . Even the Government Resident had " gone to the reefs " . A hundred miles to the south of it , Fletcher of the O.T. ...
Page 152
... seven miles across the harbour , but seven hours getting there in their little skiff against wind and tide . With blacks to clear the fan- palm forest , they put in twenty - five acres of sugar , five acres of sweet potatoes to live on ...
... seven miles across the harbour , but seven hours getting there in their little skiff against wind and tide . With blacks to clear the fan- palm forest , they put in twenty - five acres of sugar , five acres of sweet potatoes to live on ...
Page 187
... seven troopers , bakers , tent- makers , butchers buying mobs of cattle from stations along the Ord . Nineteen ships ... seven spears through his body and the stores stolen , seven horsemen from Queens- land rode out through the ranges ...
... seven troopers , bakers , tent- makers , butchers buying mobs of cattle from stations along the Ord . Nineteen ships ... seven spears through his body and the stores stolen , seven horsemen from Queens- land rode out through the ranges ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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