Tales from the Aborigines, by W. E. (Bill) Harney
- Bib ID:
- 2670956
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Harney, W. E. (William Edward), 1895-1962
- Description:
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- [Adelaide] Rigby [1969 i.e. 1970]
- 189 p. illus. 18 cm.
- Series:
- Seal books, 03370
- Summary:
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Stories from traditional storytellers about Pleiades, ancestral heroes, Wardaman stories of Lightning Brothers; Pitjantjatjara origins of Katatjuta; Wardaman and Mudburra stories of evil spirits; the Wulgaru; cautionary tales for children about disobeying the law from Wogait, Gagadju, Tiwi, Mara, Uwaidja, Ngalakan and Ngalkban storytellers; post contact stories of survival of Pong-Pongi family; conflict between Aboriginal and European law relating to family relationships; work of trackers; Uluru sacred sites.
- Subject:
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- Tales -- Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
- Literature and stories - Story telling and story tellers
- Stories and motifs - Rock outcrops
- Stories and motifs - Devils, monsters, evil spirits, hairy men, bunyips
- Stories and motifs - Celestial phenomena
- Literature and stories - Juvenile
- Stories and motifs - Cultural heroes
- Sites - Dreaming tracks
- Stories and motifs - Thunder and lightning
- Family
- Gaagudju / Gagadju / Gagadyu people (N50) (NT SD53-01)
- Stories and motifs - Lightning Brothers
- Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Ngalakan people (N77) (NT SE53-02)
- Mara / Marra people (N112) (NT SD53-11)
- Pungupungu / Bongo Bongo people (N11) (NT SD52-07)
- Law enforcement - Police trackers
- Tiwi people (N20) (NT SC52-16)
- Wardaman people (N35) (NT SD52-16)
- Sites - Sacred sites
- Batjamal / Wogait people (N6) (NT SD52-07)
- Mudburra people (C25) (NT SE53-05)
- Iwaidja / Yiwayja / Yiwadya people (N39) (NT SC53-13)
- Ngalkbun people (N76) (NT SD53-06)
- Kata Tjuta / Olgas (South Central NT SG52-08)
- Tiwi Islands (NT SC52-15, SC52-16)
- Uluru / Ayers Rock (South Central NT SG52-08)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2040 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1962
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1970
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