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Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Love Songs of Arnhem Land
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Nelson , 1976 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Goulburn Island Song Cycle : Song 20i"Thunder rolls along the bottom of the clouds, at the wide expanse of water...", Ronald M. Berndt , single work poetry (p. 66-67)
The Goulburn Island Song Cycle : Song 21i"The tongues of the Lightning Snake flicker and twist, one to the other...", Ronald M. Berndt , single work poetry (p. 67)
The Goulburn Island Song Cycle : Song 22i"The 'swallow' approaches, flying through the west wind and the rain clouds.", Ronald M. Berndt , single work poetry (p. 68)
The Goulburn Island Song Cycle : Song 23i"The strong wind comes close, tossing the branches...", Ronald M. Berndt , single work poetry (p. 68-69)
The Goulburn Island Song Cycle : Song 24i"Wind rustles the foliage of the cabbage palms, leaves stained with semen...", Ronald M. Berndt , single work poetry (p. 69)
The Goulburn Island Song Cycle : Song 25i"Water flows among the cabbage palm foliage,", Ronald M. Berndt , single work poetry (p. 70)
The Goulburn Island Song Cycle : Song 26i"The seagull flaps its wings, flying along; it is always there, in the west, at the place of the Red Egg...", Ronald M. Berndt , single work poetry (p. 70-71)
The Goulburn Island Song Cycle : Song 27i"With its keen eyes, the gull saw the small tracks of the mice,", Gumaitj Tribe , Ronald M. Berndt , single work poetry (p. 71)
The Rose River Cycle : Song 1i"They are always there, men chipping at wooden boomerangs:", Ronald M. Berndt (translator), single work poetry (p. 85)
The Rose River Cycle, Ronald M. Berndt (translator), sequence poetry (p. 85-104)
The Rose River Cycle : Song 2i"People of southern clans sit there, talking together...", Ronald M. Berndt (translator), single work poetry (p. 86-87)
The Rose River Cycle : Song 4i"They spray red ochre and kangaroo fat on the boomerangs...", Ronald M. Berndt (translator), single work poetry (p. 88)
The Rose River Cycle : Song 3i"They are rubbing hard lumps of red ochre against the stones...", Ronald M. Berndt (translator), single work poetry (p. 88-89)
The Rose River Cycle : Song 5i"They stand ready in rows, men of the southern clans...", Ronald M. Berndt (translator), single work poetry (p. 89)
The Rose River Cycle : Song 6i"They are shaking their boomerangs, as they always do, with heaving chests...", Ronald M. Berndt (translator), single work poetry (p. 89-90)
The Rose River Cycle : Song 7i"Putting the boomerangs along in a row, who are they? Men of the southern clans...", Ronald M. Berndt (translator), single work poetry (p. 90-91)
The Rose River Cycle : Song 8i"The sound of talking flies from among the branches, drifting like the cry of the Morning Pigeon...", Ronald M. Berndt (translator), single work poetry (p. 91)
The Rose River Cycle : Song 9i"They arrange the branches about the nonggaru shade, and the", Ronald M. Berndt (translator), single work poetry (p. 91-92)
The Rose River Cycle : Song 10i"They arrange the branches with care at the nonggaru place, at the sacred Vagina shade.", Ronald M. Berndt (translator), single work poetry (p. 92)
The Rose River Cycle : Song 11i"There they stand close to the sacred shade, waiting for defloration...", Ronald M. Berndt (translator), single work poetry (p. 92-93)
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