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Notes
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Collected from various tribes by Mrs K. Langloh Parker, with introduction by Andrew Lang.
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Illustrations by a Native Artist.
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'Some of the Blacks who have helped to build up this series belong to the Murrumbidgee, Warrego, Narran, Culgoa and Castlereagh Rivers, the Braidwood, Yass, Narrabri, and other districts of New South Wales; to the Balonne, Maranoa, Condamine, Barcoo, Mulligan Rivers, and the Gulf country in Queensland' (Preface).
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Dedication: Dedicated to the Euahlayi-Speaking People, in Grateful Recognition of their Ever-Willing Assistance in my Folk-Lore Quest.
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Epigraph: 'And he told me in a vision of the night:
There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays,
And every one of them is right!'
Contents
* Contents derived from the
London,
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England,c
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Western Europe,
Europe,:
Melbourne,
Victoria,:David Nutt
,Melville, Mullen and Slade
, 1898 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- The Crow and the Crane: An Aboriginal Legend, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 1-2)
- Beereeun the Mirage-Maker, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 3-12)
- Bohrah : The Kangaroo, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 13-14)
- Gheeger Gheeger the Cold West Wind, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 15-18)
- Bilber and Mayrah, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 19-20)
- Bralgah the Dancing Bird, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 21-27)
- How the Sun was Made, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 28-30)
- The Legend of Sturt's Desert Pea, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 31-38)
- Piggiebillah the Porcupine, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 39-40)
- Gayardardee the Platypus, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 41-44)
- How Mussels Were Brought to the Creeks How Mungghee, or Mussels Were Brought to the Creeks, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 45-48)
- Wurrunnah's Trip to the Sea, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 49-54)
- Walloobahl the Bark Lizard, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 55-56)
- Goolayyahlee the Pelican, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 57-60)
- Mungoongarlee the Iguana and Ouyouboolooey the Black Snake, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 61-67)
- Wayambeh the Turtle and Woggoon the Turkey, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 68-72)
- Where the Frost Comes From, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 73-75)
- Bubburr the Giant Brown and Yellow Snake, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 76-78)
- The Stone Frogs, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 79-83)
- A Legend of the Flowers, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 84-89)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Related Works
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Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines
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.
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Australian Legendary Tales : Being the Two Collections- Australian Legendary Tales & More Australian Legendary Tales
Sydney
:
Bodley Head Press in Australia
,
1978
Z181002
1978
selected work
prose
Indigenous story
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