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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Winin : Why the Emu Cannot Fly
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This traditional story about foolishness and jealousy is delightfully illustrated and told in English and Nyulnyul, a language spoken in the Kimberley.(Source: Magabala Books)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: Aboriginal Nyulnyul , English
Notes:
Nyulnyul and English texts published together
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Works about this Work

Winds; Winin : Why the Emu Cannot Fly Kathleen Price , 1995 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 1995; (p. 72-73)
Winin Seeks To Preserve the Nyulnyul Language 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 15 June no. 78 1994; (p. 16)
— Review of Winin : Why the Emu Cannot Fly Mary Carmel Charles , 1993 single work picture book 'The story of Emu's wings has never been told quite like this before. A Dreamtime story told in the Nyulnyul language, by one of its last speakers from the Dampierland peninsular of Northwest Australia, with English translation'.
Untitled Nola Cavallaro , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 9 no. 4 1994; (p. 27-28)
— Review of Winin : Why the Emu Cannot Fly Mary Carmel Charles , 1993 single work picture book
Untitled Philip S. Kidner , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 38 no. 1 1994; (p. 15-16)
— Review of Winin : Why the Emu Cannot Fly Mary Carmel Charles , 1993 single work picture book
Untitled Philip S. Kidner , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 38 no. 1 1994; (p. 15-16)
— Review of Winin : Why the Emu Cannot Fly Mary Carmel Charles , 1993 single work picture book
Untitled Nola Cavallaro , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 9 no. 4 1994; (p. 27-28)
— Review of Winin : Why the Emu Cannot Fly Mary Carmel Charles , 1993 single work picture book
Winin Seeks To Preserve the Nyulnyul Language 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 15 June no. 78 1994; (p. 16)
— Review of Winin : Why the Emu Cannot Fly Mary Carmel Charles , 1993 single work picture book 'The story of Emu's wings has never been told quite like this before. A Dreamtime story told in the Nyulnyul language, by one of its last speakers from the Dampierland peninsular of Northwest Australia, with English translation'.
Winds; Winin : Why the Emu Cannot Fly Kathleen Price , 1995 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 1995; (p. 72-73)
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