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y separately published work icon The Tale of the Platypus single work   children's fiction   children's   Indigenous story  
Is part of SRA Australian Legend Series 1972 series - author
Issue Details: First known date: 1972... 1972 The Tale of the Platypus
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'A lost platypus encounters a duck which tells him how his tribe evolved when one of its ancestors outwitted the greedy water-rats.'

Notes

  • Based on story from Australian Legendary Tales by K. Langloh Parker (q.v.).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Artstaff , 1972 .
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      Extent: 26p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0574281665
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Gaya-Dari the Platypus K. Langloh Parker , 1953 single work prose Indigenous story
— Appears in: Australian Legendary Tales 1953; (p. 171-173) Australian Legendary Tales 1955; (p. 76-81)
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