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Eustan Williams Eustan Williams i(A34609 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Githavul ; Aboriginal
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2 3 y separately published work icon Dirrangun Dirrangun at Tooloom; Dirrangun at Baryulgil; The Nearest the White Man Gets Roland Robinson , Bronwyn Bancroft (illustrator), Lucy Daly , Eustan Williams , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1994 Z833045 1994 selected work children's fiction Indigenous story children's

'Some people say that Dirrangun is a witch, That she's mean and cunning and Brings you all the mischief in the world. Others say that she's friendly. But she's a very old woman and She has long hair down to her knees. Dirrangun is well-known near Grafton and along the north coast of New South Wales. Both the Bunjalung and Githavul people speak of her and of her connection with local landmarks. She is a powerful woman.' (Source: Publishers website)
1 Dirrangun at Tooloom Eustan Williams , 1980 single work prose dreaming story children's
— Appears in: Australian Dreaming : 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History 1980; (p. 116-117) The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989; (p. 80-82) Dirrangun 1994; (p. 2-19)
1 The Myth and the Mountain Myth of the Mountain i "Look at that mountain Jalgumbun standing up,", Roland Robinson , Eustan Williams , 1960 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 July vol. 81 no. 4197 1960; (p. 16) Altjeringa and Other Aboriginal Poems 1970; (p. 51-52) The Golden Apples of the Sun : Twentieth Century Australian Poetry 1980; (p. 62-63) The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989; (p. 78-79) Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994; (p. 80-81)
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