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Page 72
“ Tall , powerful , good - looking , as fine a specimen of the native as I have seen , their countenances quite different from those of the south ... I think they must have encountered many white men . ” The blacks brought four possums ...
“ Tall , powerful , good - looking , as fine a specimen of the native as I have seen , their countenances quite different from those of the south ... I think they must have encountered many white men . ” The blacks brought four possums ...
Page 138
Port Darwin looked for a flag , but there was none . For five days of anguish no further news - in hurricanes on the Queensland coast the telegraph wires were down . Then another telegram on the office wall told the dreadful story ...
Port Darwin looked for a flag , but there was none . For five days of anguish no further news - in hurricanes on the Queensland coast the telegraph wires were down . Then another telegram on the office wall told the dreadful story ...
Page 396
The skipper lost his bearings , vainly looking for Field Island by midnight . He could find no bottom with a twenty - fathom lead , and lay to under a reefed mainsail while the ... “ An old bull buffalo looked at us dully , gave his ...
The skipper lost his bearings , vainly looking for Field Island by midnight . He could find no bottom with a twenty - fathom lead , and lay to under a reefed mainsail while the ... “ An old bull buffalo looked at us dully , gave his ...
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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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