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Page 13
... whites are still bound to farewell me into the spirit world , even if I have changed into buffalo dung . Pity Marngit is not around to see this . Would he still be angry ? He grew enraged at the whites blasting rock shelters and caves ...
... whites are still bound to farewell me into the spirit world , even if I have changed into buffalo dung . Pity Marngit is not around to see this . Would he still be angry ? He grew enraged at the whites blasting rock shelters and caves ...
Page 23
... whites used to cut down the trees to build the first huts in the settlement . I was only titi , a boy , then , but once you hear the sound of dying bush , it stays with you forever . Without bark , the smooth wood has hardened up like ...
... whites used to cut down the trees to build the first huts in the settlement . I was only titi , a boy , then , but once you hear the sound of dying bush , it stays with you forever . Without bark , the smooth wood has hardened up like ...
Page 95
... whites who pass along the pavement about noon every day and throw a button or two into the bowl , never a coin . Yesterday they asked Baba to show them how to play the leaf . They will never learn - the gum trees here grow differently ...
... whites who pass along the pavement about noon every day and throw a button or two into the bowl , never a coin . Yesterday they asked Baba to show them how to play the leaf . They will never learn - the gum trees here grow differently ...
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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