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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... Track comes out at Top Springs of Armstrong Creek , eight miles from Montajinnie - aboriginally Meanta - jinnie , wild dog's track - farthest- south out - station of Victoria River Downs . From there Wave Hill is another hundred miles ...
... Track comes out at Top Springs of Armstrong Creek , eight miles from Montajinnie - aboriginally Meanta - jinnie , wild dog's track - farthest- south out - station of Victoria River Downs . From there Wave Hill is another hundred miles ...
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... Track there was no turning back — it was go or die . Jack - Dick Skuthorpe , in 1905 , whipped his cattle over without a drink for a hundred and two miles , and then with only half a drink for another fifty miles . But all - time cattle ...
... Track there was no turning back — it was go or die . Jack - Dick Skuthorpe , in 1905 , whipped his cattle over without a drink for a hundred and two miles , and then with only half a drink for another fifty miles . But all - time cattle ...
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... track . Pad : A track . Paper - yabber : The written word . Penny - weighting : Prospecting round for small gold . Peter , the : Jail . Piccaninny daylight : False dawn . Plant : A station or drover's outfit - horses , drays , cars ...
... track . Pad : A track . Paper - yabber : The written word . Penny - weighting : Prospecting round for small gold . Peter , the : Jail . Piccaninny daylight : False dawn . Plant : A station or drover's outfit - horses , drays , cars ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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