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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... Women's Association induced the Government to reduce steamer fares that white women might refresh themselves for the battle with cruel summer , especi- ally in ill - health , with an occasional change to the south . One Flying Doctor ...
... Women's Association induced the Government to reduce steamer fares that white women might refresh themselves for the battle with cruel summer , especi- ally in ill - health , with an occasional change to the south . One Flying Doctor ...
Page 148
... women and children were freely offered for purposes of prostitution in the city . The order of doing business was peculiar . They were about in lots of 20 and 30 of mixed sexes , and no sooner did a European stop to look at their ...
... women and children were freely offered for purposes of prostitution in the city . The order of doing business was peculiar . They were about in lots of 20 and 30 of mixed sexes , and no sooner did a European stop to look at their ...
Page 391
... women , " Harry said . " Women look a lifetime ahead , an ' you can't do that up here . " " It's all right now , " said Tom . " With their telephones an ' tea - parties in all the little towns , and pedal radios and aeroplanes out bush ...
... women , " Harry said . " Women look a lifetime ahead , an ' you can't do that up here . " " It's all right now , " said Tom . " With their telephones an ' tea - parties in all the little towns , and pedal radios and aeroplanes out bush ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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