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Dick Moses Dick Moses i(A130625 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 The Origin of Lake Eacham ... Dick Moses Dick Moses , 2009 extract prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Our Languages Are the Voice of the Land : the FATSIL Newsletter , October vol. 41 no. 2009;

'This is an extract from [the dreaming story 'The Origin of Lake Eacham' recounted in] the book ‘Words of Our Country - Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns-Yarrabah Region compiled by R.M.W Dixon. It is an account of the legend of the origin of Lake Eacham - how newly-initiated men broke important taboos, and so angered the rainbow spirit who caused the earth to erupt, bringing about the formation of several lakes. It was told by Dick Moses at Yarrabah, in 1971, in the coastal dialect of the Yidiny language. George Watson from the Tully region recorded a similar story, and both texts provide a plausible account of a past volcanic eruption.'
1 Learning from the Old People Dick Moses , 1991 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 117-122)
1 The Water Sprite Bride Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 112-117)
1 Gulnyjarubay's Travels in the Cape Grafton Region (Second Telling) Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 108-112)
1 The Origin of Lake Eacham (Second Version) Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 106-108)
1 A Woman Taken By an Alligator Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 99-103)
1 Stealing Potatoes Dick Moses , 1991 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 95-99)
1 How the Sea Level Rose Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 90-95)
1 Expiation For a Crime Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 86-90)
1 Gulnyjarubay's Travels in the Cape Grafton Region Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 75-83)
1 First Version of Bibiyuwuy Legend Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 72-75)
1 The Legend of Bindan Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 70-72)
1 Initiation of Young Men Dick Moses , 1991 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 66-70)
1 Early Life in the Mission Dick Moses , 1991 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 62-66)
1 The First Plane Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose Indigenous story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 49-51)
1 The Arrival of the Yidinyji People Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 44-51)
1 The Origin of Lake Eacham George Watson , Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 41-44)
1 Damarri and Guyala Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 32-41)
1 The Carpet Snake and the Shells Dick Moses , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region 1991; (p. 28-32)
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