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Page 55
... Boma , the first white man I ever saw , had one like that but much bigger , the size of a billy though shaped like a box . He called it " Geiger . " The box must be sacred to whites , I reckon the man never parted with it . The nurse ...
... Boma , the first white man I ever saw , had one like that but much bigger , the size of a billy though shaped like a box . He called it " Geiger . " The box must be sacred to whites , I reckon the man never parted with it . The nurse ...
Page 60
... Boma cleared a patch of bush , knocking down the trees and burning the scrub to make the camp . The whites do it that way ; they are like the emus , afraid to rest in the forest , but fond of shearing off the country so they can see for ...
... Boma cleared a patch of bush , knocking down the trees and burning the scrub to make the camp . The whites do it that way ; they are like the emus , afraid to rest in the forest , but fond of shearing off the country so they can see for ...
Page 61
... Boma brought warngi , a flying monster with a gray belly and flapping pinions . It flew , just as spirits or birds do , but at night it always came down to a clearing behind the banyan stumps and shared the camp with the rest of us ...
... Boma brought warngi , a flying monster with a gray belly and flapping pinions . It flew , just as spirits or birds do , but at night it always came down to a clearing behind the banyan stumps and shared the camp with the rest of us ...
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angry Anguban animals Baba babaru balandja barley sugar beast belly better billabong billycan bilma birds Boma boulder branches Bungawa bush bush tucker camp chant cliff cloud cockatoo crawl crocodile dark didjeridu dilly bag dingo Djangau dragged dreams dust Duwei eyes fellows fire flaps flock Galpu gather Gidja goanna gone ground hand hill hurry inside Jambawal keep leaves look mangrove marain Marngit Midinari Mother mountain Murngin Nakara Namanama Nati never night Niyari Padre pandanus paperbark Perhaps Pitjanta pity Pupa Ranger rest river rocks Ruria sand seen Sergeant shelter skin sneak soul sound spear spirit boss spirit world stick stretch struggle tell Tiwa track trap tree tribal country tribal elders trunk tucker valley voice walk wallaby Warand Warngi water hole Wati Wawa white man's whole wonder Wongar Yirli yudu