| Description |
v, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Anthropologists Meet the Bunyip -- The Bunyee Bunyee or Bunyip / Catherine Stow -- Entertaining Fears -- The Baleful Bunyip / Reid Whitly -- Australian Themes for Australian Literature -- Ironbark Bill Meets the Bunyip / Dal Stivens -- The Haunted World of the Australian Nursery -- The Hobyahs -- Picture the Bunyip -- Whirlpool in Lake George / Edel Wignall -- The Aboriginal Voice Sustains its Folklore of Fear -- The Mulgewongk's Cave / Henry Rankine |
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Introduction -- Black Words on a White Page -- Australian Folklore Stories: The Bunyip -- Strange Encounters in the South Seas -- Mandeville's Travels -- The Wild Man From Botany Bay -- A Description of a Wonderful Large Wild Man or Monstrous Giant, Brought From Botany Bay -- The Folklore of Fear: Bunyips in the Billabongs, Hairy Men in the Hills -- The Bunyip in Coo-ee: Tales of Australian Life / Campbell Praed -- Yahoos, Yowies and Banksia Men -- The Bunyip of Barney's Elbow / Brian James -- Bones of Contention: Monster Skeletons and Bunyip Skulls -- The Haunt of the Bunyip / L.B Thoburn Clarke |
| Summary |
Reveals fascinating literature, folklore and superstitions. Includes extracts from stories about bunyips, featuring work by Edel Wignell, Rosa Campbell Praed, Catherine Stow, Dal Stiven and others |
| Analysis |
Aboriginal culture |
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Folklore |
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History |
| Notes |
"Edited by Pauline Green and Della Thomas" -- Verso t.p |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 225-226 |
| Notes |
National Library of Australia 2001 |
| Subject |
Bunyips -- Australia.
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Bunyips.
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Folklore -- Australia.
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Folklore, Australian
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Monsters -- Australia.
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Monsters.
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Folklore -- Australia.
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| Author |
Green, Pauline.
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Holden, Nicholas.
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Thomas, Della (Della Farmer), 1913-2004.
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National Library of Australia.
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| LC no. |
2001430354 |
| ISBN |
0642107327 |
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