Stories from the Billabong / retold by James Vance Marshall ; illustrated by Francis Firebrace
- Bib ID:
- 4609802
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Marshall, James Vance, 1924-
- Description:
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- London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2008
- 61 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781845077044
- 1845077040
- Summary:
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"From the author of Walkabout come ten ancient legends of the Yorta-Yorta people, authentically and lovingly retold. Here you can dicover how Great Mother Snake created and peopled the world with plants and creatures, what made Frog croak, why Kangaroo has a pouch, and just what it is that makes Platypus so special. The illustrations are by the Aboriginal artist and storyteller Francis Firebrace, whose distinctive, colourful work is known throughout Australia and beyond." -- Back cover.
- Subject:
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- Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- Juvenile literature
- Legends -- Australia -- Juvenile literature
- Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature
- Mythology, Aboriginal Australian
- Legends -- Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
- Stories and motifs - Rainbow serpent
- Stories and motifs - Insects
- Stories and motifs - Crocodiles
- Stories and motifs - Platypus
- Stories and motifs - Landscape
- Religion - Dreaming - Rainbow Serpent
- Stories and motifs - Kangaroos / Wallabies
- Stories and motifs - Birds
- Religion - Dreaming - Creation / Cosmology
- Stories and motifs - Frogs and toads
- Art - Art motifs
- Literature and stories - Juvenile
- Canberra / Goulburn / Snowy area (S NSW / ACT SI55, SJ55)
- Blue Mountains (W Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Uluru / Ayers Rock (South Central NT SG52-08)
- Darling River (NSW SH55, SI54)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Jones, Francis Firebrace
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2008
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