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Page 19
... flock of pigeons must have landed in the yard ; I can hear their cooing - yes , there's one of the birds on the concrete at the cor- ner searching the ground . I'll slip out through the bars and mingle with the flock ; pigeons are a ...
... flock of pigeons must have landed in the yard ; I can hear their cooing - yes , there's one of the birds on the concrete at the cor- ner searching the ground . I'll slip out through the bars and mingle with the flock ; pigeons are a ...
Page 25
... flock like that and make the place a big anthill ? Maybe they're afraid that if they spread out through the country , our spirits might rise from the bush and take them on . They send Sergeant out to the bush to hound the black fellows ...
... flock like that and make the place a big anthill ? Maybe they're afraid that if they spread out through the country , our spirits might rise from the bush and take them on . They send Sergeant out to the bush to hound the black fellows ...
Page 46
... flock of birds has sprung from the plateau , flown above the rocks , and dived down into the valley . They are balandja , white cockatoos ; I have not seen them in a flock for ages , only in cages . The birds swing around and flutter ...
... flock of birds has sprung from the plateau , flown above the rocks , and dived down into the valley . They are balandja , white cockatoos ; I have not seen them in a flock for ages , only in cages . The birds swing around and flutter ...
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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