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Page 46
... balandja , white cockatoos ; I have not seen them in a flock for ages , only in cages . The birds swing around and flutter their wings in the air above me . They screech now and then , and the call echoes against the cliffs and floats ...
... balandja , white cockatoos ; I have not seen them in a flock for ages , only in cages . The birds swing around and flutter their wings in the air above me . They screech now and then , and the call echoes against the cliffs and floats ...
Page 48
... balandja are back . They flap around and beat their wings in the air , and then the whole flock gathers on a dead tree . They are like children - they shove each other around and grab the best place to perch , they nag and argue , the ...
... balandja are back . They flap around and beat their wings in the air , and then the whole flock gathers on a dead tree . They are like children - they shove each other around and grab the best place to perch , they nag and argue , the ...
Page 53
... balandja chicks ; once the birds had been taught to speak they said a lot . Cockatoos are very chatty ; the whites learned from them all about the Gidja people , the Kakadja spirit , and the way he had blocked the gap to flood the ...
... balandja chicks ; once the birds had been taught to speak they said a lot . Cockatoos are very chatty ; the whites learned from them all about the Gidja people , the Kakadja spirit , and the way he had blocked the gap to flood the ...
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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