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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1929
Page
4
Early Port Stephens reminiscences describe Aboriginal weapons and craft. William Scott details boomerangs womerah waddies and nullah nullah, their shapes balances and uses, plus canoe construction with vines clay and fire. He notes tomahawk evolution from stone to iron and signals via message sticks in former times.
In youthful days near Carrington I saw Blackfellows build canoes from bark, weave shields and fight with rude clubs. They paddled 16 foot crafts across the harbor, faced storms, sharks and capsizes, and used smoke signals as long distance telegraphy to share tidings. The narrator recalls a tragic Nor'easter and a one eyed dog guarding a fallen companion, and notes their skilled seamanship and fearless nature.
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