The Trans-Australian WonderlandPopular account of The Centre, with general information and anecdotes about the Aborigines. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aboriginal Australian Bight Bandicoot bark barter Billy Hughes birds blacks at Ooldea blow-holes bluebush boomerang Boundary Dam buckbush Bug-in-jah burial burrow bushes Bustard camels camp Cave Owl civilisation corroboree covered Daisy Bates debil-debil diameter Dingo distance dogs dongas eggs Everard Ranges exploration fight Fowler's Bay Giles grass ground hole House-building Rats inches Kalgoorlie Kangaroo Mouse Karonie kinds known legs lignite limestone little animals live Lizard lubra Mallee Fowl Marsupial Mice miles Mole Mountain Devil mulga Musgrave Ranges native nest night Nullarbor Plain nunga obtain Ooldea district Ooldea Soak Ooldea tribe Phascogale Port Augusta rabbit Rabbit-eared Racehorse rain reptile rock sacred ceremonies saltbush sand sand-ridges sandhills of Ooldea sandy skin sleep South spear spinifex stick storeman supply surface tail Tietkens to-day Tommy Trans-Australian Railway trees Twilight Cove vegetation Water-bearing whilst wild blacks wommerah wonderful WONDERLAND Yalata yards Youldeh young