Land of the Brolga people / by Percy Trezise
- Bib ID:
- 2627319
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Trezise, Percy
- Description:
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- Pymble, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 2001
- [30] p. : col. ill., map ; 22 x 27 cm. + 1 folded map.
- ISBN:
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- 0207199469 (hardback)
- 0207199302 (paperback)
- Series:
- Journey of the Great Lake ; 7.
- Summary:
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Book seven in a series which tells the story of three Aboriginal children who after being swept away from their home by a fierce storm are on a great journey trying to find their way back home; based on Aboriginal oral history which tells of a vast freshwater lake at the top of Australia, 'Lake Carpentaria' also known as Balanorga; ancestral beings in the Dreamtime including the Anta Moola sisters; land of the Brolga People; land of the Barramundi People; Dream Road of Goorialla, the Rainbow Serpent; seeing a comet.
- Notes:
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- Folded col. map inside of back cover.
- Primary school children.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature
- Stories and motifs - Rainbow serpent
- Stories and motifs - Celestial phenomena - Events
- Stories and motifs - Ancestor spirits
- Stories and motifs
- Stories and motifs - Barramundi
- Literature and stories - Fiction
- Animals - Birds - Brolgas
- History - Oral history
- Gulf of Carpentaria (SD53, SD54, SE54)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2001
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