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Page 34
... camp . Whenever the boat called , Padre's hut became like a hollow log packed up with honey . You only had to walk inside , look at the cross and whisper a few white man's words , then come out with a piece or two of barley sugar . I ...
... camp . Whenever the boat called , Padre's hut became like a hollow log packed up with honey . You only had to walk inside , look at the cross and whisper a few white man's words , then come out with a piece or two of barley sugar . I ...
Page 52
... camp sniffing for food . I wondered what had happened to the grownups and . . . yes , Snow knew it the whole tribe had been rounded up and loaded on trucks to clear the valley . The Gidja mob were resettled in some strange camp many ...
... camp sniffing for food . I wondered what had happened to the grownups and . . . yes , Snow knew it the whole tribe had been rounded up and loaded on trucks to clear the valley . The Gidja mob were resettled in some strange camp many ...
Page 61
... camp Boma brought warngi , a flying monster with a gray belly and flapping pinions . It flew , just as spirits or birds do , but at night it always came down to a clearing behind the banyan stumps and shared the camp with the rest of us ...
... camp Boma brought warngi , a flying monster with a gray belly and flapping pinions . It flew , just as spirits or birds do , but at night it always came down to a clearing behind the banyan stumps and shared the camp with the rest of us ...
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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 Murngin Nakara Namanama Nati never night Padre pandanus paperbark Perhaps Pitjanta pity Pupa Purelko Ranger rest river rocks Ruria sand seen Sergeant shelter skin sneak soul sound spear spirit boss spirit world stick stretch struggle tell Tiwa told 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