Their bodies were painted with pipeclay and 

 "karko" (red ochre), and they decorated their 

 heads with the gay feathers of the " Wattee 

 bah," (Lory Parrot) and other birds. The Cooee 

 was a peculiar call used among the different 

 tribes sometimes as a war-cry, at other times 

 as a warning, or as an invitation to strangers. 

 But since the white people came here about 

 one hundred years ago, the aborigines have 

 been gradually dying out, and soon will be 

 remembered only by the names they have 

 given to places and animals. In this book, 

 the aboriginal names are printed in italics. 



