The magic snake : being a group of stories for children concerning the habits, customs, beliefs, ceremonies, corroborees and legends of the Australian Aborigines / stories by William Linklater ; illustrated and edited by Mavis Mallinson
- Bib ID:
- 6221437
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Linklater, William, 1867-1959, author
- Description:
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- Carlisle, Western Australia : Hesperian Press, 2013
- ©2013
- 95 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780859053716
- Summary:
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Billy was the author of "Gather No Moss", a NT classic. He wrote of the Territory when it was young. These are his collected legends of the Warramunga tribe among whom he lived and worked for many years. A forgotten classic of the North. Originally published in 1946.
- Notes:
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- First published 1946 by The Currawong Publishing Company, Sydney.
- "Australian stories of adventure and legend among the Aborigines of the Northern Territory"--Cover.
- For children.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory
- Children's stories, Australian
- Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature
- Kalkatungu / Kalkadoon people (G13) (Qld SF54-02)
- Fishing - Fish traps
- Literature and stories - Juvenile
- Warumungu people (C18) (NT SE53-10)
- Gathering - Plants - Yams
- Wardaman people (N35) (NT SD52-16)
- Dance - Recreational - Corroboree
- Cultural protocols - Mourning
- Dance - Ceremonial
- Gathering - Honey
- Gathering - Plants - Roots and tubers
- Hunting - Birds
- Garrwa / Garrawa / Garawa people (N155) (NT SE53-08)
- Banka Banka (North NT SE53-10)
- Anthony Lagoon (North NT Barkly Tablelands SE53-07)
- Katherine River (NT Top End SD53-05, SD53-09, SD53-12)
- Gregory River (Qld Gulf SE54-05, SE54-09)
- Roper River map area (East Arnhem Land NT SD53-11)
- Nappa Merrie (SW Qld SG54-15)
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Mallinson, Mavis, illustrator, editor
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2013
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