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Page 38
No policeman ever came round our way , and a white man never had any trouble till the missionaries came , then there was a court case a week . Funny how Christianity sets everybody fighting . The blacks used to love the trepang work ...
No policeman ever came round our way , and a white man never had any trouble till the missionaries came , then there was a court case a week . Funny how Christianity sets everybody fighting . The blacks used to love the trepang work ...
Page 175
If there were blacks round the waters you moved them over with a gun . The homestead was “ a bit of hurry - up ” , beefwood posts with a brush roof wire - netted all over to make it spear - proof , as Jack Mackay's ...
If there were blacks round the waters you moved them over with a gun . The homestead was “ a bit of hurry - up ” , beefwood posts with a brush roof wire - netted all over to make it spear - proof , as Jack Mackay's ...
Page 239
... soddy in the middle so it would stick to their ribs and “ tuck - out longtime ” , a couple of quart billies of rice , two buckets of tea , strung by the handles on a sapling , and two sticks of tobacco each all round .
... soddy in the middle so it would stick to their ribs and “ tuck - out longtime ” , a couple of quart billies of rice , two buckets of tea , strung by the handles on a sapling , and two sticks of tobacco each all round .
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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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