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Page 12
... dilly bag full of pebbles . He dropped one of them on the ground here and there , to become boulders . When he reached Namanama , the cord on his bag broke and the lot poured down . Namanama became rocky ; no other country in the whole ...
... dilly bag full of pebbles . He dropped one of them on the ground here and there , to become boulders . When he reached Namanama , the cord on his bag broke and the lot poured down . Namanama became rocky ; no other country in the whole ...
Page 33
... dilly bag that hangs around my neck . Nati will be pleased to have them . In the bush there , far beyond the bay , the other old men will gather too ; a whole flock of them will sit near the billabong to chant and . . . how can they ...
... dilly bag that hangs around my neck . Nati will be pleased to have them . In the bush there , far beyond the bay , the other old men will gather too ; a whole flock of them will sit near the billabong to chant and . . . how can they ...
Page 70
... dilly bag , and with them is the little 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 ...
... dilly bag , and with them is the little 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 ...
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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