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Page 41
... goanna in his mouth if noth- ing else . Poor Warand leans his head against my leg and sighs ; I can feel his heart beating fast as though fighting for breath . I wonder how he let himself be caught today - he knows every single bush ...
... goanna in his mouth if noth- ing else . Poor Warand leans his head against my leg and sighs ; I can feel his heart beating fast as though fighting for breath . I wonder how he let himself be caught today - he knows every single bush ...
Page 48
... goannas . A long sheet of red plastic , carried by the gale from somewhere across the water , is wrapped around the branches of a tree ; the loose ends flutter in the wind and lash against the gum's dry skeleton . We used to come all ...
... goannas . A long sheet of red plastic , carried by the gale from somewhere across the water , is wrapped around the branches of a tree ; the loose ends flutter in the wind and lash against the gum's dry skeleton . We used to come all ...
Page 88
... goanna fat to rub on it and bury my poor leg in hot sand - that often brings life back to a limb , whatever it might be suffering from . I shall ask Ranger to move closer - there are many high places on the plain that are safe from ...
... goanna fat to rub on it and bury my poor leg in hot sand - that often brings life back to a limb , whatever it might be suffering from . I shall ask Ranger to move closer - there are many high places on the plain that are safe from ...
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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