Crocodile story / told by Eva Pootchemunka (Wikmunea) & Pat Pootchemunka ; translated from Wik-Mungkan by Koppa Yunkaporta ; illustrated by Garry Namponan
"On 3 August 1953 Samuel Pootchemunka of Aurukun, a hunter aged 60 years, was awarded The Royal Humane Society of Australasias Silver Medal for the courage and humanity he displayed in rescuing Eva aged twenty and her baby Beulah aged ten months, from the crocodile. this is an illustrated account of that event. A version of this story is published in Aurukun Oral History and held in the AIATSIS audio-visual archives."--Provided by publisher
Analysis
All Australian Indigenous Material
Australian fiction (Australia)
Notes
"On 3 August 1953 Samuel Pootchemunka of Aurukun, a hunter aged 60 years, was awarded The Royal Humane Society of Australasia's Silver Medal for the courage and humanity he displayed in rescuing Eva aged twenty and her baby Beulah aged ten months, from the crocodile. This is an illustrated account of that event. A version of this story is published in Aurukun Oral History and held in the AIATSIS audio-visual archives."--Provided by publisher