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Alternative title: Barcunyji Dreaming
Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Olive Python Dreaming
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The story of how the Creation being, Marrga (Praying Mantis) made the snake, Bargumyi become slow, sluggish and a night hunter in rocks around water.

Text in Yindjibarndi, Aboriginal English and standard Australian English.

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Language: Aboriginal Yindjibarndi AIATSIS ref. (W37) (WA SF50-07) , English
Notes:
The Yindjibarndi spelling and pronunciation is taken from Janet Sharp and Nicholas Theiberger's Bilybara. The languages of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Published by Wangka Maya, The Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre and is as used in Bruce Anderson's Yindjibarndi Dictionary.
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Works about this Work

One World: Books for Children by Children Margaret Robson Kett , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 26 no. 3 2011; (p. 18-20)
One World: Books for Children by Children Margaret Robson Kett , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 26 no. 3 2011; (p. 18-20)
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