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Cliff Coulthard Cliff Coulthard i(A109223 works by)
Born: Established: 8 Mar 1953 Leigh Creek, Flinders Ranges, North East South Australia, Far North South Australia, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 6 Jul 2023 Hawker, North East South Australia, Far North South Australia, South Australia,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Adnyamathanha ; Aboriginal
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1 y separately published work icon Yurlu the Kingfisher Man Noel Wilton , Cliff Coulthard , Toongabbie : SharingStories Foundation , 2022 27116067 2022 single work prose Indigenous story
1 The Adnyamathanha Story for Wilpena Pound Cliff Coulthard , 1988 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: The Dreaming and the Environment 1988; (p. 40)
1 Urrakurli, Warkala and Wildu : An Adnyamathanha Dreaming Story The Eagle and the Crows Cliff Coulthard , 1988 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Urrakurli, Wakarla and Wildu : An Adnyamathanha Dreaming Story 1988; (p. 25, 26) Dreaming Stories 2000;
1 y separately published work icon Moon Man Mini Heath (illustrator), Terrence Coulthard , Cliff Coulthard , Buck McKenzie , Marrickville : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1987 Z1422167 1987 single work children's fiction children's Indigenous story
1 y separately published work icon Yulu's Coal Terrence Coulthard , Cliff Coulthard , Buck McKenzie , Sydney : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1987 Z1422152 1987 single work children's fiction children's Indigenous story The story of how coal at Leigh Creek came to be there and the formation of the hills, creeks and mountains in the North Flinders Ranges.
1 y separately published work icon The Magpie and the Crow Terrence Coulthard , Cliff Coulthard , Buck McKenzie , Terrence Coulthard (illustrator), Sue Hatch (illustrator), Sydney : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1987 Z1422140 1987 single work children's fiction children's Indigenous story

A long time ago the crow and the magpie had beautiful white feathers like the white cockatoo. That was before they teased the eagle, who deserved more respect.

A tale from the Adnyamathanha people, The Magpie and the Crow, “is said to have taken place between Nepabunna and Angepenna in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.” The story explains the colors and markings of the magpie and the crow.
1 Mythology Cliff Coulthard , 1981 single work single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Identity , October vol. 4 no. 5 1981; (p. 33-34) Aboriginial Heritage Newsletter , no. 2 1981; (p. 6-7)

Aboriginal legends all over Australia are recorded in what is called mythology... The Adnjamathanha people living in the Flinders Ranges, north from Nepabunna, Leigh Creek, Copley, Beltana, Hawker, Quorn and Port Augusta still tell and respect the stories related to their particular mythologies.' This article includes two myths, one is about two heroes call Vadlu Billa who travelled down the eastern side of the Flinders. The other is about the kingfisher and initiation. This story tells how giant serpents, called Arkuru, following a legendary kingfisher created many of the creeks, hills and gorges in the Flinders Ranges.
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