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Beckett relates the story told to him of the death of a sixteen-year-old Aboriginal girl, Alamarayu, who was taken by a crocodile while attempting to cross Victor Creek, and the close escape of her sixteen-year-old friend, Coodjealongamow. The tragic event was witnessed by the group of women and children with whom the girls were travelling.
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Editor's note: 'Mr. J. T. Beckett, Chief Inspector of Aborigines for the N.T., who has returned from Melville Island, relates a sensational incident of quite recent occurrence in which a young aboriginal woman named Alamarayu was taken by a crocodile.'
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3271607
Taken By a Crocodile
Northern Territory Times and Gazette
Northern Territory Times and Gazette
Subjects:
- Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Top End, Northern Territory,
- 1915
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