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Page 53
... reach it before sunset if the heat of the day does not knock me down to the ground . I wonder what one does when one walks inside bandja ; should I chant to call in the spirits or just sit , not nag or annoy them but wait to be no ...
... reach it before sunset if the heat of the day does not knock me down to the ground . I wonder what one does when one walks inside bandja ; should I chant to call in the spirits or just sit , not nag or annoy them but wait to be no ...
Page 86
... reach the cliff at last . That is about half of Gamitj , our country . What a pity Ranger does not live closer - by the time I reach him we could have eaten the biggest barrimundi and grown hungry again . The sun is racing to the noon ...
... reach the cliff at last . That is about half of Gamitj , our country . What a pity Ranger does not live closer - by the time I reach him we could have eaten the biggest barrimundi and grown hungry again . The sun is racing to the noon ...
Page 87
... reach his hut at the cliff ; he never fails to give me tea . In his Land Rover he carries all that is necessary to make a good drink - cups , sugar , and a box of biscuits . Smoke lingering among the branches always tells me when he is ...
... reach his hut at the cliff ; he never fails to give me tea . In his Land Rover he carries all that is necessary to make a good drink - cups , sugar , and a box of biscuits . Smoke lingering among the branches always tells me when he is ...
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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