Title Gadi mirrabooka : Australian aboriginal tales from the dreaming / edited by Helen F. McKay ; retold by Pauline E. McLeod, Francis Firebrace Jones, and June E. Barker ; illustrations by Francis Firebrace and Helen McKay

Published Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 135 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (pages 5, pages [35]) Series World folklore series World folklore series. Contents Australia and the Aboriginal people. Overview of Australia. Geography : the land. The geographic regions ; How climate affected the Aborigines ; The megafauna ; The fauna ; The flora -- The aboriginal people. The people and the land ; Walkabout ; The corroboree ; Ceremonial walkabouts ; Trade ; Transportation -- Customs : the totemic system. The arts ; Aboriginal art ; Storytelling ; Music ; Other instruments ; Dance ; Education ; Language ; Impact of Europeans on the language -- Recent history. Early visitors ; European invasion and colonization ; Story of a removed child -- Reconciliation Tales. Mirrabooka : a story about the Southern Cross -- The beginning island : a creation story from the first time, when Tasmania was born -- Lumerai, the mother snake : a rainbow serpent creation story from the Northern Territory -- The Murray cod : a creation map story from the Murray River Basin on the border of New South Wales and Victoria -- Boomerang : Alinga, the lizard man : a story from Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the Northern Territory -- The birth of the butterflies : a story of when death first came to the land, from the Murray River, New South Wales -- Why the kookaburra laughs : a Wiradjuri creation story from New South Wales -- The whale man and his canoe : a story from the Northern Territory -- How the birds got their colors : a Wiradjuri story from New South Wales -- First platypus, Gaygar, the little mother duck : a creation story from the top end of the Darling River region, northern New South Wales -- How the kangaroo got her pouch : a Wiradjuri story from New South Wales -- The little flying fox : a creation story from New South Wales north coast -- How Koolah the koala lost his tail : a story from northwestern New South Wales -- Pikkuw, the crocodile : a story from the Cape York area of northern Queensland -- Goolbree, how the emu lost its wings : a story from northwestern New South Wales -- The story of the didgeridoo : a story from the gulf country of the Northern Territory -- How the night owl came to be : a story from northwest New South Wales -- Myee, the Bogong Moth Woman : a story from the Albury region of New South Wales -- Frog and the lyrebird : a story from the people of the Blue Mountains -- The special platypus : a story from New South Wales central coast -- Tidalick : a story from the Murray River region of New South Wales -- Wayambah, the turtle : a story from northwestern New South Wales -- Brolga, the dancing bird : a story from the Mutti Mutti people of Lake Mungo and the Darling Basin -- The bunyip in the forest : an original scary story from Victoria -- The little koala and the bunyip : a story from Queensland -- The Min Min light : a space story from northwestern New South Wales -- Djididjidi and Kuburi : a story from the Kimberley, a region of western Australia -- Marmoo and Biamee : a creation story from New South Wales -- Belah, the sun woman : a story from the Flinders Ranges of south Australia -- The Sturt Desert Pea : a story from around Lake Eyre in south Australia -- The fire keeper : a story from the Northern Territory area -- The first Waratah : a love story from the Illawarra region of the south coast of New South Wales -- Girilambone, place of falling stars : a story from northern New South Wales Summary Take a journey into the fascinating world of Australia's Aboriginal culture with this unique collection of 33 authentic, unaltered stories brought to you by three Aboriginal storyteller custodians! Unlike other compilations of tales that were modified and published without permission from the Aboriginal people, these stories are now presented with approval from Aboriginal elders in an effort to help foster a better understanding of the history and culture of the Aboriginal people. Gadi Mirrabooka, which means below the Southern Cross, introduces wonderful tales from the Dreamtime, the mystical Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 121) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore Mythology, Aboriginal Australian. Legends -- Australia. Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore Australian aborigines -- Folklore Mythology, Australian aboriginal Legends -- Australia Dreamtime (Australian aboriginal mythology) SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. Aboriginal Australians Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) Legends Mythology, Aboriginal Australian Legende Australia Aborigines. Genre/Form Folklore Form Electronic book Author McKay, Helen F McLeod, Pauline E Jones, Francis Firebrace Barber, June E LC no. 2001038271 ISBN 031300983X 9780313009839

Other Titles Australian aboriginal tales from the dreaming

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