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Page 47
... rest for good . There is a bandja , a big burial cave , under the hill and as soon as one of us goes in for good , a cockatoo flaps out from the crags and glides down to the valley to join the flock . The sun is heading down to the ...
... rest for good . There is a bandja , a big burial cave , under the hill and as soon as one of us goes in for good , a cockatoo flaps out from the crags and glides down to the valley to join the flock . The sun is heading down to the ...
Page 48
... rest out of the water . Poor fellow trees - no leaves or bark , just bare branches . The balandja are back . They flap around and beat their wings in the air , and then the whole flock gathers on a dead tree . They are like children ...
... rest out of the water . Poor fellow trees - no leaves or bark , just bare branches . The balandja are back . They flap around and beat their wings in the air , and then the whole flock gathers on a dead tree . They are like children ...
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... rest on one of them , the spirit of the dead beast will creep onto you . Some of the skins have fallen off one of the piles and are scattered around in the bush . One of them is stuck on the flagpole and sways in the wind , tangled in ...
... rest on one of them , the spirit of the dead beast will creep onto you . Some of the skins have fallen off one of the piles and are scattered around in the bush . One of them is stuck on the flagpole and sways in the wind , tangled in ...
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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