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'Why Brolga Has Only Two Chicks' is from the Wik-Munkan, on of the Aboriginal groups who live on the west side of Cape York Peninsula in Northern Queensland. The brolga and the emu are two of the Wik-mumkan's ancestral spirits.' (Back cover)
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'This retelling is an adaptation of a story originally recorded by Ursula McConnel. It appears in her Myths of the Munkan, Melbourne University Press, 1957'.
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Subjects:
- Aboriginal Wik Mungkan AIATSIS Code: Y57 QLD language
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- Cape York Peninsula, Queensland,
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