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'Four wonderful traditional teaching stories of the Wongutha people are collected together here for the first time: 'Barn Barn Barlala', 'The Kangaroos Who Wanted to be People', 'How Crows Became Black', 'Why the Emu Can't Fly'.
First published as individual titles in 1992, these stories were ground-breaking publications, presenting traditional Indigenous stories in a bi-lingual text. Sales of the individual titles now exceed 26,000 copies each. Updated with a vibrant new design, the stories are still as fresh and appealing as ever. The collected work contains a map, explanatory note and a simple pronunciation guide for the Wongutha words used in the text.' (Source: Fremantle Press website)
Notes
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'Collection of traditional Wongutha stories from the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, retold by May O'Brien.' (Source: LibrariesAustralia)
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Bi-lingual text combining English and Wongutha.
Contents
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How Crows Became Black,
Angela Leaney
(illustrator),
single work
picture book
children's
Indigenous story
Wongutha story from Eastern Goldfields of how silver-grey crows became black and how the salt lakes were made by the tears of the crows. The story explains how the crows who were grey, wanted to change color because no one liked their silver-grey feathers. They felt left out and thought if they were black they would be accepted. (Source: LibrariesAustralia)
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Barn-Barn Barlala : The Bush Trickster,
Sue Wyatt
(illustrator),
single work
picture book
children's
Indigenous story
'Wongutha story from Western Australia about children who become lost after following a bird when searching for mistletoe berries.' (Source: LibrariesAustralia)
- The Kangaroos Who Wanted to Be People, Angela Leaney (illustrator), single work picture book children's Indigenous story
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Why the Emu Can't Fly,
Sue Wyatt
(illustrator),
single work
picture book
children's
Indigenous story
'Wongutha story which tells of the efforts of small birds to stop the boasting and meanness of the flying emus.' (Source: LibrariesAustralia)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] Bawoo Stories
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , July no. 4 2008; (p. 25-26)
— Review of Bawoo Stories 2008 selected work picture book -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 25)
— Review of Bawoo Stories 2008 selected work picture book -
From the West : May O'Brien
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 12) -
Indigenous Voices Promoted at Fremantle Press
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 7 May no. 425 2008; (p. 47)
— Review of My Place 1987 single work autobiography ; Heartsick for Country : Stories of Love, Spirit and Creation 2008 anthology life story ; Bawoo Stories 2008 selected work picture book
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Indigenous Voices Promoted at Fremantle Press
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 7 May no. 425 2008; (p. 47)
— Review of My Place 1987 single work autobiography ; Heartsick for Country : Stories of Love, Spirit and Creation 2008 anthology life story ; Bawoo Stories 2008 selected work picture book -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 25)
— Review of Bawoo Stories 2008 selected work picture book -
[Review] Bawoo Stories
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , July no. 4 2008; (p. 25-26)
— Review of Bawoo Stories 2008 selected work picture book -
From the West : May O'Brien
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 12)
- Western Australia,
