oram-bay

Updated: August 13, 2026

We landed with him in his Oram-bay, a large native boat, pulled by twelve men, who kept time by striking their round-bladed paddles against the gunwale between every stroke. On landing, the prettiest sight possible awaited us.

John Lort Stokes - Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2: Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers: Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The: Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners: Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits: To the Islands in the Arafura Sea