The Little Black Princess
by
Jeannie Gunn
CONTENTS
[Chapter 1].- Bett-Bett
[Chapter 2].- ‘Shimy Shirts’
[Chapter 3].- ‘Shut-Him-Eye Quickfellow’
[Chapter 4].- ‘Me King Alright’
[Chapter 5].- ‘Goodfellow Missus’
[Chapter 6].- The ‘Debbil-Debbil’ Dance
[Chapter 7].- ‘Mumma A’ And ‘Mumma B’
[Chapter 8].- A ‘Walkabout’
[Chapter 9].- The Coronation ‘Playabout’
[Chapter 10].- ‘Looking-Out Lily-Root’
[Chapter 11].- ‘Newfellow Piccaninny Boy
[Chapter 12].- Goggle-Eye Sung ‘Deadfellow’
[Chapter 13].- Bett-Bett Is ‘Bush-Hungry’
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
[Frontispiece]. — Old ‘No-More-Hearem’ Fishing
[Page 3]. — Bett-Bett And Sue
[Page 5]. — The Homestead
[Page 6]. — Belts Of Red Feathers To Please ‘Mr. Thunder-Debbil-Debbil—Bett-Bett’s ‘Shimy-Shirt’ Bag—Sticks For Procuring Fire
[Page 17]. — ‘Goggle-Eye Turned To Laugh’
[Page 27]. — ‘Dilly-Bags’ Used By Blackfellow Women In The Bush
[Page 33]. — Bett-Bett’s Favourite Quart Pot—Hank Of Hair For A Son-In-Law’s Use — Hobbles For The Horses
[Page 37]. — Dressing For The Debbil-Debbil Dance
[Page 39]. — Making His Legs Look Exactly Like The Figure 4
[Page 41]. — Goggle-Eye’s Belt And Tassel—Heads Of Bull-Roarers Or Corrobboree Sticks
[Page 43]. — The ‘Great-Great-Greatest Grandfather’ Of The Kangaroo Men
[Page 45]. — The ‘Great-Great-Greatest Grandfather’ Of The Iguana Men
[Page 60]. — Sea-Going Crocodiles Are ‘Cheeky-Fellow’
[Page 63]. — A Few Old Men At Home
[Page 73]. — A ‘ Poolooloomee’—Jimmy’s Union-Jack Apron—His ‘Gammon Letter-Stick’
[Page 79]. — Coolamuns
[Page 81]. — Murraweedbee At Home
[Page 82]. — Blackfellows’ Spears And Boomerangs
[Page 87]. — ‘Topsy’
[Page 89]. — Tonald’s Cradle
[Page 91]. — Boomerang And Throwing-Stick
[Page 95]. — ‘My Word, Missus! You Cheeky-Fellow Alright’
[Page 101]. — All Goggle-Eye’s Possessions, Which Were Buried With Him
[Page 103]. — Tree-Burial, South Of The Roper
[Page 107]. — Bett-Bett’s Wonderful, Lonely Palace
[Page 109.]— Map