beat, to
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beat, to. 1. To sail to
windward by a series of alternate
tacks across the wind.
2. To beat to quarters, the order given to the drummers on board a sailing man-of-war to summon the crew to their stations for action against an enemy. In the British Navy the drums were beaten to the rhythm of
‘Heart of Oak’.
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Arnhem Land prehistory in landscape, stone and paint. (Arnhem Land, Australia)(Special Issue)(Transitions: Pleistocene to Holocene in Australia & Papua New Guinea)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...understanding of cultural changes in Arnhem Land that occurred in response...represented by prehistoric Arnhem Landers themselves. Indeed...profoundly affected ancient Arnhem Landers. During this time sea-levels rose, and lands were flooded, and the land...
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Brian Price Billington: 24 February 1923--6 August 2004.(medical officer of the Nutrition Unit on the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Australian Aboriginal Studies; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, died in Sydney...Expedition to Arnhem Land, vol. 2, Melbourne...1973,' Arnhem Land song book', American...Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (March to November...Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (March to ...
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NSW: Arnhem Land fishing ban attempt dealt blow
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 2/23/2001; 492 words
; ...02-23-2001 NSW: Arnhem Land fishing ban attempt dealt...ban commercial fishing in Arnhem Land waters in the Northern...particular provisions of the Land Rights Act and rights conferred...sub/mjm/de KEYWORD: ARNHEM 2001 AAP Information Services...
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Putting Herbert Basedow back in focus: the 1928 expedition to Arnhem Land.
Magazine article from: Australian Aboriginal Studies; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...expedition through western Arnhem Land. The photographs he took...photographic images of western Arnhem Land rock-art. In addition...it was felt that Arnhem Land had little to offer in...groups from this part of Arnhem Land and he took the first...
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NT: Cane toads message unheard in Arnhem Land
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 3/4/2004; 374 words
; ...NT: Cane toads message unheard in Arnhem Land By Karen Michelmore DARWIN, March...of cane toads being spread across Arnhem Land by unwitting children is being...Services (ARDS) said today children in Arnhem Land were keeping the pests as pets...
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NT: Arnhem Land senior elder to be farewelled
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 5/12/2005; 354 words
; ...Australia) 05-12-2005 NT: Arnhem Land senior elder to be farewelled DARWIN...remote community in north-east Arnhem Land, but details of his death are...Mulka art centre, in north-east Arnhem Land, said Mr Ganambarr left a great...
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A singular beeswax representation of Namarrkon, the Lightning Man, from western Arnhem Land.
Magazine article from: Australian Aboriginal Studies; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...was found in western Arnhem Land on an upper tributary...reconnaissance of south-western Arnhem Land (Figure 1), as part...heritage sites within Jawoyn lands (Gunn and Wheat 2006...in rock-art within Arnhem Land. The beeswax figures...
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Aboriginal plant names in northeastern Arnhem Land: Groote Eylandt--Enindilyakwa language; Yirrkala--Rirratjingu language.(RESEARCH REPORT)
Magazine article from: Australian Aboriginal Studies; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (1948) In 1946, Joseph Garnett...National Geographic Expedition to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory...support staff spent eight months in Arnhem Land investigating the art, myths...
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Donald Thomson, Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Australian Studies; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Donald Thomson, Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land, Carlton, The Miegunyah Press...Aboriginal peoples of Cape York, east Arnhem Land and the Great Sandy Desert...punitive expedition into north-east Arnhem Land to pacify the people they blamed...
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Wild things; In the Aboriginal Arnhem Land.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: The Saturday Star (South Africa); 4/12/2008; 700+ words
; ...Borradaile, the chunk of north-western Arnhem Land that Max calls home. By any yardstick you care to apply, Arnhem Land is a special place. Sprawling...just slightly larger than Hungary, Arnhem Land is hot, monsoonal and populated...
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Arnhem Land
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Arnhem Land 37,100 sq mi (96,089 sq km), N Northern Territory, Australia...Gulf of Carpentaria. The great majority of the region belongs to the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Reserve, the largest aboriginal reservation in Australia...
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Murngin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...the northeastern part of Arnhem Land in Australia. "Murngin...1976 (which made the Arnhem Land Reserve an inalienable...also called "Aboriginal Land") and began to support...back to their traditional lands. Settlements established...
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MARKET-GARDEN
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...59 mi.) to Arnhem from his starting line on the...Division dropped near those at Arnhem—but not near enough...resistance also delayed the land forces. The 30th Corps was...24 hours to start its move to Arnhem. By then the British there...
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Walkabout
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...culture is dying. David Gulpilil, a tribal man from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, at 16 years old, was chosen...the Australia Medal in 1987, yet continues to live in Arnhem Land. As a white Englishman, Roeg cannot escape a European...
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AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...I used’ ( M. Roberts, Land Travel and Sea-Faring , 1891...and the Dutch/English hybrids Arnhem Land (after the name of a ship in turn...Netherlands), and Van Diemen's Land (after Anthony van Diemen, a governor...
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