Re: Aboriginal words in KB song?

["Stuart M. Castergine" <scasterg@cd.columbus.oh.us>]

On Thu, 25 Aug 1994, Jon Mountjoy wrote:

> Hello fellow fans,
> 
> I was reading this newsgroup about a year and a half ago and there
> was some mention of a Kate Bush song with aboriginal words in it.
> 
> Does anybody remember this or is my memory playing tricks on me.  
> For some reason which is beyond me, I also recall the words being associated
> with airplanes and sky.
> 

The song you are thinking of is probably _The Dreaming_. I can't remember 
which aboriginal words are in it, but one of them is "woomera" which is 
the aboriginal word for the notched stick they use as a spear thrower. It 
is also, I believe, the name of a missile base -- Woomera Missile Base -- 
and if memory serves, a small town somwhere in the middle of nowhere. The 
only one of the above definitions I am positive of is the spear-thrower 
one. Aussies can gladly correct me about the others! :-)

scasterg@cd.columbus.oh.us == Stuart Castergine            ---
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