The Beckoning West: The Story of H. S. Trotman and the Canning Stock RouteAppendix 4 gives list of native waters and bores and wells sunk by members of Canning Stock Route party in 1908-10; p.58; Art of tracking described; p.75; Sandals made by natives found at Roy Hill; description of corroboree - songmen, dancers bodies decorated with paint and glued on down; p.87; Cooking of kangaroo described; p.88; Treatment of injuries; p.90; Brief description of circumcision method at initiation ceremony; p.127; Painted caves at Killagurra noted; method of catching spinifex rats described. |
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Page 127
... sandridges varying in height from 70 to 100 feet , crossing which my horse continually slid back- wards , unable to get a footing in the loose sand . Somehow we scrambled to the top and slithered down the other side . These ridges and ...
... sandridges varying in height from 70 to 100 feet , crossing which my horse continually slid back- wards , unable to get a footing in the loose sand . Somehow we scrambled to the top and slithered down the other side . These ridges and ...
Page 179
... sandridges had begun to tell on the camels . On reaching Goodwin Soak we jacked up our wagons with stones to protect ... sand . The farther we penetrated into the heart of the desert the more concerned we became about the gelignite and ...
... sandridges had begun to tell on the camels . On reaching Goodwin Soak we jacked up our wagons with stones to protect ... sand . The farther we penetrated into the heart of the desert the more concerned we became about the gelignite and ...
Page 182
... sandridges and we saw from this vantage point Tobin's grave , apparently undisturbed . All around us were native ... sand , leaves , and twigs over it and drove the camels across the area until all signs of newly disturbed earth were ...
... sandridges and we saw from this vantage point Tobin's grave , apparently undisturbed . All around us were native ... sand , leaves , and twigs over it and drove the camels across the area until all signs of newly disturbed earth were ...
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Green Fields of Home | 1 |
The Beckoning West | 8 |
First Expedition | 14 |
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