The Land of Dawning, Being Facts Gleaned from Cannibals in Australian Stone Age |
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The Land of Dawning, Being Facts Gleaned from Cannibals in Australian Stone Age Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adelaide Observer alligators amongst babies beauty belonging black girl black trackers blackboys blackfellow Boab boomerangs boys breast bush bushman camp cannibals Carl Lumholtz cattle station caves Central Australia civilized corroborree Crawford creature Daly River denizens depôt dusky Ernest Favenc Finke River Gordon Creek gorge grass GRENFELL STREET half-caste hand head horses Iguana J. G. Frazer Jesuit Reductions kangaroo Katherine kill land Ledgerwood living looking Lower Victoria lubras managed miles mimosa Mulligan and Ligar murdered named native police natural never nigger night Northern Territory Nung-alla Pille-nurra pipeclay poor red lilies regions rock savages scenes settlers shot smoke South Australia spears stone told tracks travelling tree tribe uncivilized Victoria River district Victoria River Downs W. H. WILLSHIRE wander waterhole weary whilst Wickham wild aborigines wild natives women wurley young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 14 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord ! art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Seite 61 - Thy will, — it bids the weak be strong; It bids the strong be just : No lip to fawn, no hand to beg, No brow to seek the dust. Wherever man oppresses man Beneath the liberal sun, O Lord, be there, Thine arm made bare, Thy righteous will be done.
Seite 14 - When tyrant feet are trampling Upon the common weal, Thou dost not bid us bend and writhe Beneath the iron heel; In Thy name we assert our right By sword or tongue or pen, And even the headsman's axe may flash Thy message unto men.
Seite 15 - Thy will! It bids the weak be strong; It bids the strong be just; No lip to fawn, no hand to beg, No brow to seek the dust. Wherever man oppresses man Beneath Thy liberal sun, O Lord, be there Thine arm made bare, Thy righteous will be done!
Seite 15 - All that we feel of it begins and ends In the small circle of our foes or friends; To all beside as much an empty shade...
Seite 46 - Twas merry in the glowing morn, among the gleaming grass, To wander as we've wandered many a mile, And blow the cool tobacco cloud, and watch the white wreaths pass, Sitting loosely in the saddle all the while.
Seite 80 - If yes you answer, when I ask — Hath he a true man's heart? I ask not from what land he came, Nor where his youth was nursed...
Seite 39 - To my own native plants and my flowerets so fair ; To the cool grassy shade, and the rivulet bright, Which reflects the pale moon on its bosom of light. Again would I view the old mansion so dear, Where I sported a babe, without sorrow or fear ; I would leave this great city so brilliant and gay, For a peep at my home...
Seite 44 - I don't mind them [savages] experimenting on a hypocritical missionary, but they must leave practical bushmen alone, for they are the brave pioneers who push out to the frontier, and are exposed to the full force of the naked barbarians. Yes, they are the brave men who discover and open out beautiful pastoral lands, (ibid: 52-3) In Willshire's description of the land we see ample evidence of Imperial imagery. The Victoria had previously been named by an explorer who was impressed with the "nobility"...