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Page 88
... skin . Perhaps Ranger was born with his baru , or some of our spirits did him a special favor and made the picture of the reptile grow into his skin . The water is murky today ; it usually looks like that only during floods , though the ...
... skin . Perhaps Ranger was born with his baru , or some of our spirits did him a special favor and made the picture of the reptile grow into his skin . The water is murky today ; it usually looks like that only during floods , though the ...
Page 93
... skins have fallen off one of the piles and are scattered around in the bush . One of them is stuck on the flagpole ... skin on the pole . I doubt if the boat will ever come to the cliff again . The whites would not like to come so far ...
... skins have fallen off one of the piles and are scattered around in the bush . One of them is stuck on the flagpole ... skin on the pole . I doubt if the boat will ever come to the cliff again . The whites would not like to come so far ...
Page 98
... skin on my back is already bald , and the drafts of cold wind freeze the tender skin . If I was in Djabu I would fight back ; here , I would not even pick on a jellyfish ! No coin has hit the bowl for a while . The gum leaf might not ...
... skin on my back is already bald , and the drafts of cold wind freeze the tender skin . If I was in Djabu I would fight back ; here , I would not even pick on a jellyfish ! No coin has hit the bowl for a while . The gum leaf might not ...
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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