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... night - every single one would tell you that a man could wish for nothing better than the smell of hot nyuma . Life is good in this country just as long as the kaltu grows a good crop of the seed for making nyuma . The wheel of the ...
... night - every single one would tell you that a man could wish for nothing better than the smell of hot nyuma . Life is good in this country just as long as the kaltu grows a good crop of the seed for making nyuma . The wheel of the ...
Page 40
... night grew cold . They slept with their ears pricked up , not so much out of fear - the whites do not hunt during the night , but my husband talked in his sleep and the animals were keen not to miss a single word . The dingoes would ...
... night grew cold . They slept with their ears pricked up , not so much out of fear - the whites do not hunt during the night , but my husband talked in his sleep and the animals were keen not to miss a single word . The dingoes would ...
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... night as I did Wati . Nights were cold in the com- pound ; that dry gum tree gave no shelter . We scratched a hole in the sandy ground , but not deep enough to keep us properly warm . A corrugated iron sheet to make a windbreak would ...
... night as I did Wati . Nights were cold in the com- pound ; that dry gum tree gave no shelter . We scratched a hole in the sandy ground , but not deep enough to keep us properly warm . A corrugated iron sheet to make a windbreak would ...
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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