Kine, Kin and Country - the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory 1911-1966
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1990
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Riddett, L. A
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Brinkin, NT : The Australian National University, North Australia Research Unit (NARU)
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The Victoria River District of the Northern Territory (NT) exerts a strong attraction on the people who have lived and worked there. Despite the harshness of the District’s climate, its remoteness from civilised facilities, its loneliness and its isolation, Europeans write of it with admiration and affection. Aborigines incorporate into their ritual song cycles descriptions of the country and its bounty. They acknowledge, understand, and work with the climate. Few people having had the experience of living in the District ever go away with a negative impression.
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Victoria River Region (N.T.), Northern Territory, History -- 20th century
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Open Access