I, the AboriginalThe life of Waipuldanya (Phillip Roberts) of the Alawa tribe, Northern Territory, Australia. |
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... tribesmen have seen them . I first learnt about the Burgingin as a gullible white child learns about a bogyman . A boy ... tribesman told me this story : " One day I go on hunting walkabout . I go and I go and I go and I go . And I sit ...
... tribesmen have seen them . I first learnt about the Burgingin as a gullible white child learns about a bogyman . A boy ... tribesman told me this story : " One day I go on hunting walkabout . I go and I go and I go and I go . And I sit ...
Page 105
... tribesman's bones in a hollow log and their disposal on a Gulla - gulla tree - platform in his tribal country . The Yabudurawa , like Kunapipi , is a ritualistic fertility corroboree which goes on for six months . It was necessary for ...
... tribesman's bones in a hollow log and their disposal on a Gulla - gulla tree - platform in his tribal country . The Yabudurawa , like Kunapipi , is a ritualistic fertility corroboree which goes on for six months . It was necessary for ...
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... tribesman will gladly visit their country today . I am frightened of the Shades of dead men , and of the Mulunguwa ... tribesmen , a dire physical threat by one man to another or by woman to woman : " I'll have your kidney fat . " This ...
... tribesman will gladly visit their country today . I am frightened of the Shades of dead men , and of the Mulunguwa ... tribesmen , a dire physical threat by one man to another or by woman to woman : " I'll have your kidney fat . " This ...
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Aboriginal Reserve Alawa Alawa tribe animal Arnhem Land Arright asked bark Barnabas Gabarla barramundi began believe billabong blackfeller blood body boomerangs bush camp ceremonial corroboree Creek crocodile Daly River Darwin dead death Doctor Blackfellow dogs Dr Langsford Dreaming Elders eyes father feller fire fish Galbaranga girls goanna grass Groote Eylandt Gudjiwa Hannah High Djungayi horse hundred hunter hunting Jimmy kangaroo kill knew Kunapipi leprosy lily roots Limmen Bight live look Malak man's Maningrida Marbunggu medicine Might-be miles missionaries mother mouth Mulunguwa murder never night no-more Northern Territory nulla-nullas paperbark perhaps Phillip piccaninny Pintubi Port Roper Rainbow Serpent Rayment Rembarrnga remember rifle Roper River seen sister skin snake spear spirit stay sticks told totem tracks tree tribesmen Ulagang uncle Waipuldanya walk walkabout wallaby watch white-feller wife woman women woomera Yabudurawa You-ai