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Meelya the Parrot single work   prose   children's   dreaming story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 Meelya the Parrot
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Meelya, the deformed daughter of Boonyuk, a Bibulmun elder, is transformed by the Korrndon Marma Man, the Great Creator, into the form of a parrot so she no longer suffers physical pain and the cruelty of other children.

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    y separately published work icon Aboriginal Legends From the Bibulmun Tribe Eddie Bennell , Adelaide : Rigby , 1981 Z841093 1981 selected work prose dreaming story Indigenous story children's A collection of stories and legends from the Bibulmun people in south-west Western Australia. Statement on dust-jacket claims that this is the first written recording of the legends of the Bibulmun nation. Adelaide : Rigby , 1981 pg. 47-49
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