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 95
... wife and seven children and their Irish maid . A sturdy old clipper - skipper from the China Seas , South Australia's Col- lector of Customs , Captain Douglas was appointed Government Resident . Others aboard Gulnare , as well as crew ...
... wife and seven children and their Irish maid . A sturdy old clipper - skipper from the China Seas , South Australia's Col- lector of Customs , Captain Douglas was appointed Government Resident . Others aboard Gulnare , as well as crew ...
Page 210
... wife and baby , and G. L. Barrett , who owned what is still the richest little pocket of tin in the north . A settler for seventeen years , he had worked night and day unaided for the sake of a little daughter in the south . He had just ...
... wife and baby , and G. L. Barrett , who owned what is still the richest little pocket of tin in the north . A settler for seventeen years , he had worked night and day unaided for the sake of a little daughter in the south . He had just ...
Page 355
... wife , or reclaiming a stolen wife when the little families were out hunting on muncrow , the downs , they were the tool of many a horrid murder at piccaninny daylight , the killer creeping on a sleeper , striking the knife into his ...
... wife , or reclaiming a stolen wife when the little families were out hunting on muncrow , the downs , they were the tool of many a horrid murder at piccaninny daylight , the killer creeping on a sleeper , striking the knife into his ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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