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The Big Dance and the Angry Old Woman single work   children's fiction   Indigenous story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 The Big Dance and the Angry Old Woman
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'A long, long time ago, all the different Aboriginal tribes came together for a big corroboree. They came from the East, from the West, from the North and from the South. The gathered and sat down, and said to each other, 'Let's have a great dance.' And they agreed that the dancing would go on for many days and nights...'

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