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... pieces of wood - must mean a lot . Look , they are smooth and worn from being handled for so long . The pair have ... piece of wire stretched to it — a magic string . Mother reckoned it went all the way up to the sky to let the white ...
... pieces of wood - must mean a lot . Look , they are smooth and worn from being handled for so long . The pair have ... piece of wire stretched to it — a magic string . Mother reckoned it went all the way up to the sky to let the white ...
Page 39
... pieces ; I tried to force it inside the trap and push the jaws apart but wood is weak against steel . Maybe there is something better to be found than a piece of wood . My duwei , my late husband , used stone : " With tough rock you can ...
... pieces ; I tried to force it inside the trap and push the jaws apart but wood is weak against steel . Maybe there is something better to be found than a piece of wood . My duwei , my late husband , used stone : " With tough rock you can ...
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... piece was always put aside . A pair of wanba , pigeons , often perched on the lower branches waiting to be called by the sound of his gum leaf , and then they would fly down to land on his arm and pick at the food . One of the passersby ...
... piece was always put aside . A pair of wanba , pigeons , often perched on the lower branches waiting to be called by the sound of his gum leaf , and then they would fly down to land on his arm and pick at the food . One of the passersby ...
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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