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Page 47
... rest for good . There is a bandja , a big burial cave , under the hill and as soon as one of us goes in for good , a cockatoo flaps out from the crags and glides down to the valley to join the flock . The sun is heading down to the ...
... rest for good . There is a bandja , a big burial cave , under the hill and as soon as one of us goes in for good , a cockatoo flaps out from the crags and glides down to the valley to join the flock . The sun is heading down to the ...
Page 48
... rest out of the water . Poor fellow trees - no leaves or bark , just bare branches . The balandja are back . They flap around and beat their wings in the air , and then the whole flock gathers on a dead tree . They are like children ...
... rest out of the water . Poor fellow trees - no leaves or bark , just bare branches . The balandja are back . They flap around and beat their wings in the air , and then the whole flock gathers on a dead tree . They are like children ...
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... rest , stretched on the floor of the trading hall . The place smells of tobacco and has a noisy feel about it , as though the whole world has slid into an abyss , and the whites are grasping to drag it back . What does Bun- gawa find ...
... rest , stretched on the floor of the trading hall . The place smells of tobacco and has a noisy feel about it , as though the whole world has slid into an abyss , and the whites are grasping to drag it back . What does Bun- gawa find ...
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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