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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... town were much concerned with the need of a jetty and a water - supply , so they formed a District Council in 1874 , John Skelton presi- dent , J. E. Kelsey clerk of a shire unbounded . They held their meetings in a little town hall ...
... town were much concerned with the need of a jetty and a water - supply , so they formed a District Council in 1874 , John Skelton presi- dent , J. E. Kelsey clerk of a shire unbounded . They held their meetings in a little town hall ...
Page 286
... town- planning and better transport . The only progress association poor Darwin ever knew , it was laughed to scorn by the rabble as " the Goose Club ” . After the first public meeting in Larrakia Square , a howl of misery and ...
... town- planning and better transport . The only progress association poor Darwin ever knew , it was laughed to scorn by the rabble as " the Goose Club ” . After the first public meeting in Larrakia Square , a howl of misery and ...
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... town . Ordered to be on board s.s. Bambra for the west at eight o'clock that night , they walked to the jetty through a silent crowd . Waterside workers stood guard till the ship carried them out . Another bombshell in the south ...
... town . Ordered to be on board s.s. Bambra for the west at eight o'clock that night , they walked to the jetty through a silent crowd . Waterside workers stood guard till the ship carried them out . Another bombshell in the south ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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