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... wallaby in , and I don't think there will be any sandy beaches with turtle eggs . Sheep and cows are grazing around . When I'm out looking for food I'd better not spear them ; Wawa told me the beasts are marain , totem , to the white ...
... wallaby in , and I don't think there will be any sandy beaches with turtle eggs . Sheep and cows are grazing around . When I'm out looking for food I'd better not spear them ; Wawa told me the beasts are marain , totem , to the white ...
Page 70
... wallaby was hiding under the shelter ; our approach scared it off , and the animal went leaping and dodging down a scrubby gully . The wallaby is marain to Midinari - his totem - so he has never raised a spear against one and would ...
... wallaby was hiding under the shelter ; our approach scared it off , and the animal went leaping and dodging down a scrubby gully . The wallaby is marain to Midinari - his totem - so he has never raised a spear against one and would ...
Page 72
... wallaby and little joey can bring no joy to the whites . These animals are not like cockatoos to be kept in cages ; they will never learn to say a single word to man , and would rather die of hunger than take food from a white hand ...
... wallaby and little joey can bring no joy to the whites . These animals are not like cockatoos to be kept in cages ; they will never learn to say a single word to man , and would rather die of hunger than take food from a white hand ...
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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