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Page 141
... death - roll was so heavy that they were " jumping " graves . In that hard sandstone the sexton could dig only half a dozen a week and when a funeral arrived , often as not , he found them filled in . Horses charged over the burying ...
... death - roll was so heavy that they were " jumping " graves . In that hard sandstone the sexton could dig only half a dozen a week and when a funeral arrived , often as not , he found them filled in . Horses charged over the burying ...
Page 210
... death , they shrieked and fled . Wandi dangled in the breeze for a long time , and for many years his gallows , black and grim , was the only sign of civilization on the north coast of Aus- tralia . At Cullen River in 1894 Bob ...
... death , they shrieked and fled . Wandi dangled in the breeze for a long time , and for many years his gallows , black and grim , was the only sign of civilization on the north coast of Aus- tralia . At Cullen River in 1894 Bob ...
Page 367
... death sentence is , “ Meeri poongandago yarra . The man go away ... kill ” . • • In lesser crimes , stealing a wife or assault and battery , the Old Men set plaintiff and defendant in front of their fellows , as in a boxing ring , with ...
... death sentence is , “ Meeri poongandago yarra . The man go away ... kill ” . • • In lesser crimes , stealing a wife or assault and battery , the Old Men set plaintiff and defendant in front of their fellows , as in a boxing ring , with ...
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Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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