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HIS is the fabled land of old Spanish maps , Terra psittacorum , Land of Parrots , its fan - palm jungles and forest creeks a wheel of colour and light , pools of stippled silver where piccaninnies go swimming and little Johnson ...
HIS is the fabled land of old Spanish maps , Terra psittacorum , Land of Parrots , its fan - palm jungles and forest creeks a wheel of colour and light , pools of stippled silver where piccaninnies go swimming and little Johnson ...
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In Arnhem Land is a lake of legend behind the marshes of Caledon Bay where two lubras with long hair play about the rocks at sundown . They “ belong no country " , and if you chase them they always run away , leaving no track .
In Arnhem Land is a lake of legend behind the marshes of Caledon Bay where two lubras with long hair play about the rocks at sundown . They “ belong no country " , and if you chase them they always run away , leaving no track .
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No further attempts at settlement on the coast of Arnhem Land were made . A few prospectors , police and company promoters did cross its undefined borders on occasion . They proceeded rapidly by a series of revolutions , keeping close ...
No further attempts at settlement on the coast of Arnhem Land were made . A few prospectors , police and company promoters did cross its undefined borders on occasion . They proceeded rapidly by a series of revolutions , keeping close ...
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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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