The Works of Ion L. Idriess: Man tracksAngus & Robertson, Limited, 1939 |
Common terms and phrases
aboard aboriginal ahead Arnhem Land band Beltana Birt Bogey Bul-bul bush camel camp canoe Charlie Chugulla Clabby cook corroboree crept Daly Daly River Darwin desert dinghy dogs Duncan eyes Fanny Bay gaol feller fire Fitzer Fitzmaurice gallop gazed glance Graham grass Groote Eylandt growled Haedge Half-caste Joe hand head hills horde horses hurried Jacarrie Japanese Jimmy jungle kill Kimberleys Langdon laughed Laverton leapt Legune longa look lubras Mahony Maroubra Melville Island miles Moodoorish Moody Moor Morey natives Nemarluk night Northern Territory Ouida Paddy patrol plain prisoners rain Randell returned ride rifle River rock rode saddle scrub shadows shouted Sidi Ben Mahomet silence sleep smoke spear spinifex Splinter squatted stared stockboy stone stood Stott straight Tiger Timber Creek Tracker Bob trackers tracks travelling trees trepang tribe turned Victoria River Virgo walked Walung watched waterhole wild Wongo Worturpa