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y separately published work icon Squid and Rat : A Traditional Lardil Story single work   picture book   children's   Indigenous story  
Note: Illustrated by Year 1 students at Mornington Island State School
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Squid and Rat : A Traditional Lardil Story
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'Squid gives his friend Rat a lift across the water on his back, but Rat laughs at Squid's tentacles. This version of the Squid and Rat story is based on a story told by John Williams, with additions from old recordings of Kenneth Jacob and Gully Peters telling the story in Lardil and creole.'

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Language: Aboriginal Lardil AIATSIS ref. (G38) (Qld SE54-01) , Aboriginal Kriol Included in AIATSIS, but with no ref. number
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