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From frontpiece of Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines (1924)
David Unaipon David Unaipon i(A6178 works by) (birth name: David Ngunaitponi)
Also writes as: Ngunaitponi
Born: Established: 28 Sep 1872 Raukkan / Narrung, Meningie - Coorong area, South East South Australia, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 7 Feb 1967 Tailem Bend, Murray Bridge - Tailem Bend area, Lower Murray area, Murray - Mallee area, South Australia,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Ngarrindjeri
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Details of Works Taught

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines David Unaipon , 1924-1925 (Manuscript version)x401148 Z900600 1924 selected work prose dreaming story (taught in 1 units)

Originally written in the 1920s by David Unaipon. The original work was edited by W. Ramsay Smith and published in 1930 credited to W. Ramsay Smith as Myths & Legends of the Australian Aboriginals, without acknowledgement of Unaipon's authorship. Shoemaker and Muecke republished it in 2001 under Unaipon's name and original title.

AustLit uses the original Unaipon title as the main title showing Ramsay Smith's title as an alternative title on those editions published prior to the restitution edition.

 		World Literature in English II: Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific NYU - Sydney 2015 (Semester 2)
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