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N TERMS OF HUMAN lifestyle , the continent of Australia at the time of European
contact was dominated by the hunting and foraging mode of subsistence ( the
Torres Strait Islands , though within the national boundaries of Australia , are
more ...
N TERMS OF HUMAN lifestyle , the continent of Australia at the time of European
contact was dominated by the hunting and foraging mode of subsistence ( the
Torres Strait Islands , though within the national boundaries of Australia , are
more ...
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the coast of eastern Australia . Throughout Australia , the Rainbow Serpent is an
important figure and motif in myth . The serpent is usually of immense size and
lives in deep waterholes . The Rainbow Serpent appears in many guises ...
the coast of eastern Australia . Throughout Australia , the Rainbow Serpent is an
important figure and motif in myth . The serpent is usually of immense size and
lives in deep waterholes . The Rainbow Serpent appears in many guises ...
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More recently , anthropologists have also discovered the previously unreported
existence of parallel domains of women ' s religious knowledge in central and
south Australia . This knowledge is described as exclusively the right of women to
...
More recently , anthropologists have also discovered the previously unreported
existence of parallel domains of women ' s religious knowledge in central and
south Australia . This knowledge is described as exclusively the right of women to
...
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