Gelam the man from Moa : a legend of the people of the Torres Strait Islands / Anne Abednego Gela
- Bib ID:
- 59896
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gela, Anne Abednego, 1953-, author, illustrator
- Description:
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- Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 1993
- ©1993
- 76 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1875641092 (paperback)
- Series:
- Kerry White collection of Australian children's books.
- Summary:
-
For children; traditional story of Gelam and his mother Usar left alone on Moa Island, chased by the evil Dhogai monster; Gelams decision to leave Moa and his mother, build a dugong from the wupudh (wattle) tree and travel to Mer Island where he became a large hill in the shape of a dugong; includes a glossary of words from Kala Lagaw Ya language; includes biographical details of the author.
- Full contents:
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- Part one. The Dhogai
- Part two. The Ganaus
- Part three. The wupudh tree.
- Notes:
- For children.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
- Cited In:
- White, v. 3, 5007
- Subject:
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- Gelam (Legendary character) -- Juvenile literature
- Tales -- Queensland -- Torres Strait Islands
- Torres Strait Islanders -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature
- Stories and motifs - Dugongs
- Stories and motifs - Devils, monsters, evil spirits, hairy men, bunyips
- Literature and stories - Fiction
- Meriam Mir / Miriam Mer language (Y3) (Qld TSI SC55-05)
- Literature and stories - Juvenile
- Meriam people (Y3) (Qld TSI SC55-05)
- Sites - Dreaming tracks
- Kalaw Lagaw Ya / Kala Lagaw Ya language (Y1) (Qld TSI SC54-07)
- Torres Strait Islanders (Qld TSI SC54, SC55)
- Mer / Murray Island (Qld TSI SC55-05)
- Moa / Banks Island (Qld TSI SC54-11)
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Magabala Books
- Related Records:
-
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1993
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