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Page 70
... spear , less than a handspan long , that I have made to tell the spirits that the child I want should be a boy . Last time I made a tiny badi , no bigger than a pandanus nut , and , just as I had expected , the girl Eanibugei was born ...
... spear , less than a handspan long , that I have made to tell the spirits that the child I want should be a boy . Last time I made a tiny badi , no bigger than a pandanus nut , and , just as I had expected , the girl Eanibugei was born ...
Page 79
Stories B. Wongar. What's this ? The jail hut is gone , the spear grass has grown tall in the empty compound , and an old blanket , flung there by the willy- willy , flaps from the top of the barbed - wire fence . Beyond , fringing the ...
Stories B. Wongar. What's this ? The jail hut is gone , the spear grass has grown tall in the empty compound , and an old blanket , flung there by the willy- willy , flaps from the top of the barbed - wire fence . Beyond , fringing the ...
Page 102
... spear carried by Thunder Man lindaridj - galah ( pink - breasted cockatoo ) , parakeet maba - old man maidja - breast girdle worn by women marain - totem , sacred place margu - flying fox marin - cabbage palm marngit - medicine man ...
... spear carried by Thunder Man lindaridj - galah ( pink - breasted cockatoo ) , parakeet maba - old man maidja - breast girdle worn by women marain - totem , sacred place margu - flying fox marin - cabbage palm marngit - medicine man ...
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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