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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 North of the Ten Commandments : A Collection of Northern Territory Literature
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Rydalmere, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,:Hodder and Stoughton , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Any Act of Cruelty or Outrage Against the Natives, Alexander Macleay , single work correspondence (p. 40-41)
Character and Manners of the Aborigines of New Holland, Thomas Braidwood Wilson , extract prose (p. 41-43)
Note: Accompanying illustration on p41 from Narrative of a Voyage.
Speared and Pursued at Point Pearce, John Lort Stokes , extract prose travel (p. 43-45)
Note: Accompanying illustratioon on p44 by Conrad Martens, from Discoveries in Australia.
The Natives Were Remarkably Kind and Attentive, Ludwig Leichhardt , extract diary (p. 46-47)
Reconnaissancei"Watch how the wilderness absorbs a party", William Hart-Smith , single work poetry (p. 47)
Camp at Barrow Creek, F. J. Gillen , extract diary
The author describes the attack and killing of staff at the Barrow Creek Telegraph Station by Aborigines in 1874. Includes Geoffrey Crabthorn's poem 'The Last Message'.
 (p. 51-52)
Note: Accompanying black and white photograph of Barrow Creek Telegraph Station on p51.
Our Adelaide Letter, single work correspondence
Letter describing the response in Adelaide to the news of the murders of white men by Aborigines at the Barrow Creek Telegraph Station.
 (p. 53)
Outrages by the Blacks, single work prose (p. 53-54)
Aborigines in the Northern Territory, single work correspondence (p. 54-56)
The Daly River Murders of 1884 and Their Aftermath, Ernestine Hill , extract prose (p. 56-57)
Bringing in a New Wild Gin, Emily Caroline Creaghe , extract diary (p. 57-58)
Martini-Henry Carbines Talking English, W. H. Willshire , extract prose (p. 58-61)
Note: Full-page black and white photograph of W. H. Willshire and an Aboriginal boy on p60.
Out-Beyond Country, Alfred Searcy , extract autobiography (p. 61-62)
The Coniston 'Massacres' of August 1928, Sidney Downer , extract prose (p. 62-63)
On Women and Wives, Matt Savage , extract prose (p. 67-68)
Note: Black and white photograph of Matt Savage with wife and three daughters on p68.
The Combo's Anthemi"When stock-panels slam on the last gnarled beast,", W. E. Harney , single work poetry (p. 69)
One Big, Big Fellow Feed, W. J. Sowden , extract prose (p. 73)
Puzzles, Jerome J. Murif , extract prose (p. 73-74)
Narpulda Bolai"Stand here on the verge and look down in the pool,", W. E. Adcock , single work poetry (p. 74-75)
Tranter's Shot, Binghi , single work short story (p. 76-77)
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