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While the sails of discovery were wan in the blue , the drama of its first hundred years began with a rain of fire from the skies - and so it ended . From H.M.S. Beagle in that hazy harbour in September 1839 , John Lort Stokes has ...
While the sails of discovery were wan in the blue , the drama of its first hundred years began with a rain of fire from the skies - and so it ended . From H.M.S. Beagle in that hazy harbour in September 1839 , John Lort Stokes has ...
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of mud to give ten gallons each to skin bags of horses ... men with their throats on fire might go thirsty . If horses were lost it was a long walk home . In the blind blue of the sky Stuart could see the closing in of the walls .
of mud to give ten gallons each to skin bags of horses ... men with their throats on fire might go thirsty . If horses were lost it was a long walk home . In the blind blue of the sky Stuart could see the closing in of the walls .
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The fire will be a protection . For safety and convenience nothing is left to chance - trim as the architecture of a house the traditional drover's camp . “ Righto ! ” The cook calls dinner - curry or corned beef , flapjacks , stewed ...
The fire will be a protection . For safety and convenience nothing is left to chance - trim as the architecture of a house the traditional drover's camp . “ Righto ! ” The cook calls dinner - curry or corned beef , flapjacks , stewed ...
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Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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| Title | The Territory |
| Author | Ernestine Hill |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson, 1955 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 27 Aug 2021 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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