AustLit logo
The Origin of Fire single work   prose   dreaming story  
Date: 30 Dec 1974 Place: Atherton, Atherton area, Mareeba - Atherton - Ravenshoe area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,
Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 The Origin of Fire
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

All Publication Details

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Dreamtime : Australian Aboriginal Myths and Paintings C. P. Mountford , Adelaide : Rigby , 1965 27508015 1965 selected work short story Indigenous story

    'The Dreamtime is one of the greatest Australian publishing successes. The first edition was published in 1965, and fifteen impressions were issued to meet the constant demand. This is the first electronic edition.

    'The original concept of the paintings was developed by an association between Ainslie Roberts and Charles Mountford. Mr Roberts had made extensive painting tours through remote outback regions, and Mr Mountford, of course, is well known for his anthropological work among the Aboriginal peoples. including Nomads of the Australian Desert.' (Publication summary)

    Adelaide : Rigby , 1965
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Words of Our Country : Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region R. M. W. Dixon (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1991 Z153802 1991 anthology prose autobiography dreaming story St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1991 pg. 103-106
X