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'Traditional stories of birds and reptiles and stories after European contact including Wamakee Massacre' (Source: Mura Collection Catalogue, AIATSIS)
Contents
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The Barra and the Groper,
single work
prose
Indigenous story
(p. 1)
A story about the conflict between the groper and the barramundi.
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The Stinking Turtle and the Long-Necked Turtle,
single work
prose
Indigenous story
(p. 3)
A story about Stinking Turtle and Long-necked turtle and their search for water.
- Stinking Turtle and Long-Necked Turtle, the Goanna and the Lizards, and the Brolga, Plain Turkey, and Emu, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 6)
- The Stinking Turtle and the Long-Necked Turtle, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 16)
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The Emu and the Plain Turkey,
single work
prose
Indigenous story
(p. 21)
A story about emu and the Plain turkey and their search for water, and the danger they encountered.
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Death in the Bush,
single work
prose
Indigenous story
(p. 27)
A grandmother and her grand children go fishing, but the Grandmother is taken by a crocodile.
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Life in The Bush,
single work
prose
Indigenous story
(p. 37)
Rolly Gilbert talks about life in the bush.
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The Massacre at Wamakee,
single work
prose
Indigenous story
(p. 77)
Rolly Gilbert gives a graphic account of the massacre of Aboriginal men, women and children at Wamakee.
Note: 'Wamakee' is a Kurtjar word for Waterhole. (Source: Koch, Harold and Hercus, Luise Aboriginal Placenames: Naming and Re-Naming the Australian Landscape. ANU ePress, 2015:495). -
Death of a Station Manager,
single work
prose
Indigenous story
(p. 81)
Melba Casey tells the story of the suicide of station Manager, Nielson.
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Normanton in the Wet,
single work
prose
Indigenous story
(p. 91)
Rolly Gilbert talks about life during the west season in Normanton.
