Title The Goori Goori Bird : From a Legend of the Bidjara People of the Upper Warrego / Grahame L. Walsh; Illustrated by John Morrison

Published St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 1984 1984

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W'BOOL CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wal/Ggb		AVAILABLE

Description (50) pages : illustrations (Some Col.) regular print Summary A retelling of an Aboriginal legend from Queensland in which the child-stealing Goori Goori bird meets his match in the boy Wangurd and the punishment for his misdeeds creates the Milky Way Analysis juvenile Nonfiction Notes Australian Aboriginal tales & legends. Texts. For children (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0492051) Audience For children Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore. Aboriginal Australians -- Juvenile literature. Aboriginal Australians -- Legends -- Juvenile literature. Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction. Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature. Aboriginal Australians -- Legends -- Juvenile literature. Bidjara (Australian people) -- Folklore Birds -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature. Illustrated children's books. Lawyers -- Australia -- Juvenile literature. Legends -- Australia -- Juvenile literature. Legends -- Australia. Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- Pictorial works. Picture books for children -- Australia. Tales, Australian (Aboriginal) Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore. Folklore -- Australia. SUBJECT Milky Way http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085376 -- Folklore http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001947 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Genre/Form Legends. Illustrated works. Fiction. Picture books. Author Morrison, John, 1938 May 24- LC no. 84012997 ISBN 0702217778

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