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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-DebbilBett-Betts Shimy-Shirt
               BagSticks For Procuring Fire
     Page 17.  Goggle-Eye Turned To Laugh
     Page 27.  Dilly-Bags Used By Blackfellow Women In The Bush
     Page 33.  Bett-Betts Favourite Quart PotHank Of Hair
                For A Son-In-Laws 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-Eyes Belt And TasselHeads 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  PoolooloomeeJimmys Union-Jack ApronHis
                Gammon Letter-Stick
     Page 79.  Coolamuns
     Page 81.  Murraweedbee At Home
     Page 82.  Blackfellows Spears And Boomerangs
     Page 87.  Topsy
     Page 89.  Tonalds Cradle
     Page 91.  Boomerang And Throwing-Stick
     Page 95.  My Word, Missus! You Cheeky-Fellow Alright
     Page 101.  All Goggle-Eyes Possessions, Which Were Buried With Him
     Page 103.  Tree-Burial, South Of The Roper
     Page 107.  Bett-Betts Wonderful, Lonely Palace
     Page 109. Map


THE LITTLE BLACK PRINCESS



Chapter 1 Bett-Bett

Bett-Bett must have been a Princess, for she was a Kings niece, and if
that does not make a Princess of any one, it ought to do so!

She didnt sitlike fairy-book princesseswaving golden sceptres over
devoted subjects, for she was just a little bush <DW65> girl or lubra,
about eight years old. She had, however, a very wonderful palacethe
great lonely Australian bush.

She had also: one devoted subjecta little speckled dog called Sue; one
big troublelooking out tucker; and one big fearDebbil-de