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Author Berndt, Catherine H. (Catherine Helen), 1918-1994.

Title Pheasant and kingfisher / originally told by Nganalgindja in the Gunwinggu language ; written by Catherine Berndt ; illustrated by Raymond Meeks
Published [Cammeray, N.S.W.] : Martin Educational ; Gosford, N.S.W. : Ashton Scholastic, 1987

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 W'PONDS CRC  428.6 Ber/Pak HANGING  AVAILABLE
Description 16 pages : color illustrations ; 42 x 47 cm
Series Bookshelf.. Stage 4
Bookshelf. Stage 4
Contents How the birds got their colours / by Mary Albert -- Barn-Barn Barlala, the bush trickster / by May L. O'Brien -- Warnayarra the rainbow snake / by the Senior boys class Lajamanu school -- Enora and the black crane / by Arone Raymond Meeks -- Going for Oysters / Jeanie Adams -- Pigs and honey / by Jeanie Adams -- Pheasant and Kingfisher / by Catherine Berndt -- Tucker's Mob / by Christopher Mattingley -- How the kangaroos got their tails / by George Mung Mung Lirrmiyarri -- Why the emu can't fly / by May L. O'Brien -- My dreaming is the christmas bird / as told to Sarah Fitzherbert -- Teaching notes to accompany the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resource Pack for Teachers / Pam Koeneman and Paul Travini
Summary A traditional Aboriginal story about the first pheasant and kingfisher
Notes For children
Subject Aboriginal Australians.
Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
Aboriginal Australians -- Legends -- Juvenile literature.
Aboriginal Australians -- Religion -- Juvenile literature.
Kingfishers -- Folklore.
Kingfishers -- Australia -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
Pheasants -- Folklore.
Pheasants -- Australia -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
Readers (Elementary)
Readers (Primary)
Readers -- Aboriginal Australians -- Legends
Author Nganalgindja
Meeks, Arone Raymond, 1957-
ISBN 0725309504 (series)
0725309849 (big book)