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... looked for them and liked them , but sometimes there was a row , and round the coast , from King River to Caledon Bay nothing but wars and bloodshed . The Macassars disappeared by the boatload . In hurricane - time I've known eleven ...
... looked for them and liked them , but sometimes there was a row , and round the coast , from King River to Caledon Bay nothing but wars and bloodshed . The Macassars disappeared by the boatload . In hurricane - time I've known eleven ...
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... 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 , with a list of ...
... 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 , with a list of ...
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... looked uncan- nily green . It was a hill of pure malachite . One stroke of Houschildt's pick opened a mighty copper blow , with ores of grey steel , red oxide , bell metal and rich carbonates - a range of copper running for four miles ...
... looked uncan- nily green . It was a hill of pure malachite . One stroke of Houschildt's pick opened a mighty copper blow , with ores of grey steel , red oxide , bell metal and rich carbonates - a range of copper running for four miles ...
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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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