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y separately published work icon The Milky Way : Marlindi Story of Arnhem Land single work   prose   dreaming story  
Alternative title: The Milky Way
Note: Text and illustrations by Narritjan Maymuru as told to Ted Egan.
Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 The Milky Way : Marlindi Story of Arnhem Land
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    y separately published work icon North of the Ten Commandments : A Collection of Northern Territory Literature David Headon (editor), Rydalmere : Hodder and Stoughton , 1991 Z54431 1991 anthology poetry short story prose correspondence extract

    'The writers and story-tellers included in this collection relate an important, even epic tale. They tell a story which in 1988 (white Australia's bicentennial year) rarely received attention because, while it tells of courage and love, it also focuses on killing and conquest, eccentricity and madness, and a land as hostile and murderous as it could be gentle and caring...' (Source: Preface)

         Rydalmere : Hodder and Stoughton , 1991     pg. 5-7
    Note: Author's painting is reproduced in black and white on p6.
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  • Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
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