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 152
... twenty - seven inches by eighteen , Dr Holtze presented the Resident , Mr Price , with a box of home - cured hand - made cigars . " Milder than Manila " , they were a mystery of the whist - parties , and Mr Price was complimented on his ...
... twenty - seven inches by eighteen , Dr Holtze presented the Resident , Mr Price , with a box of home - cured hand - made cigars . " Milder than Manila " , they were a mystery of the whist - parties , and Mr Price was complimented on his ...
Page 155
... twenty thousand acres for coffee and sugar at Beatrice Hills , and Sergison fifteen thousand acres . The Honourable James Munro of Melbourne secured ten thousand acres and sent up John MacDonald , a sugar authority of Queens- land , who ...
... twenty thousand acres for coffee and sugar at Beatrice Hills , and Sergison fifteen thousand acres . The Honourable James Munro of Melbourne secured ten thousand acres and sent up John MacDonald , a sugar authority of Queens- land , who ...
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... twenty thousand gallons in a natural rock tank . We found water in stages of about twenty miles . " Patiently breasting sandhills fifty feet high and seven to the mile , skirting the dazzled brine of Lake Disappointment , they also ...
... twenty thousand gallons in a natural rock tank . We found water in stages of about twenty miles . " Patiently breasting sandhills fifty feet high and seven to the mile , skirting the dazzled brine of Lake Disappointment , they also ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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