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Page 47
... billabong when the long days of Dry suck most of the water out . There used to be a large billabong just over there , stretching alongside the escarpment - quite a swamp , nearly a half - day long and a bird cry wide . When you looked ...
... billabong when the long days of Dry suck most of the water out . There used to be a large billabong just over there , stretching alongside the escarpment - quite a swamp , nearly a half - day long and a bird cry wide . When you looked ...
Page 89
... billabong is their home and you often see them sunbathing on the bank or wallowing in the mud . None of them have come out today , though they will not be far away ; crocodiles often peep from under lily pads with only a snout and a ...
... billabong is their home and you often see them sunbathing on the bank or wallowing in the mud . None of them have come out today , though they will not be far away ; crocodiles often peep from under lily pads with only a snout and a ...
Page 92
... billabong has dried up and the bare , muddy ground has hardened . Yes , I can take a shortcut across that stretch and be quicker . There is no smoke or flag to be seen from the cliff . Some bad thing must indeed have caught up with ...
... billabong has dried up and the bare , muddy ground has hardened . Yes , I can take a shortcut across that stretch and be quicker . There is no smoke or flag to be seen from the cliff . Some bad thing must indeed have caught up with ...
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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