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Anna Larry Anna Larry i(A125986 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Torres Strait Islander
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 y separately published work icon Tri Pikinini Three Pikininis; Tri Pikinini : Three Pikininis Anna Larry , Kuranda : Rams Skull Press , 2001 Z1611740 2001 single work short story children's

'A long time ago there were three children named Uzo,Philco and Akaline.'

'Every day at a certain time the boys always went to the other side of the island to look for some food to make themselves fat.'

'One day those three boys went to look for food, but they found Grandmother Dogai sitting underneath a Wongai tree (the Dogai is a supernatural being, a sort of witch, and the Wongai tree is an impotant source of fruit in season). (Abstract)
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