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Page 45
... tribal spirits . Perhaps I am not back in Gidja , my tribal country , but am wan- dering somewhere else where not even in my dreams have I been be- fore . I might have gone . . . not mad , but a bit strange , the way many old women do ...
... tribal spirits . Perhaps I am not back in Gidja , my tribal country , but am wan- dering somewhere else where not even in my dreams have I been be- fore . I might have gone . . . not mad , but a bit strange , the way many old women do ...
Page 73
... country . They come to look for urban , emu chicks , and always make a show of asking Midinari's permission to catch the birds in his tribal country , but whenever they call , the old man sits quite still and closes his one remaining ...
... country . They come to look for urban , emu chicks , and always make a show of asking Midinari's permission to catch the birds in his tribal country , but whenever they call , the old man sits quite still and closes his one remaining ...
Page 102
... tribal country nara - fertility ceremony njuga - crab nura - tribal country ( term used in Central Australia ) nyuma - loaf of damper ( term used in Central Australia ) piti - wooden dish ranga - sacred titi - boy tjamu - spirit ...
... tribal country nara - fertility ceremony njuga - crab nura - tribal country ( term used in Central Australia ) nyuma - loaf of damper ( term used in Central Australia ) piti - wooden dish ranga - sacred titi - boy tjamu - spirit ...
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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