Australian legendary tales : folklore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnes / collected by Mrs K. Langloh Parker ; drawings by Tommy McCrae
- Bib ID:
- 10012741
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh), 1856-1940, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
- Related Online Resources:
- Thumbnail
- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library of New South Wales
- Description:
-
- Royal Exchange, NSW : ETT Imprint, 2023
- 1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations.
- File Characteristics:
- text file EPUB 1.1MB
- ISBN:
- 9781922698797 (EPUB)
- Technical Details:
- Mode of Access: Available online.
- Summary:
-
The 30 tales are supplemented by a glossary and the first tale transliterated from the original language and are set in a 'no-time' where animal spirits, supernatural beings and humans interact, often alluding to ideas of creation. Langloh Parker is probably right in her surmise that this is the first attempt to collect the tribal tales of any particular native tribe, or to exploit this special field of distinctively Australian literature in this particular form. Australian children may read here for the first time about Yki the sun, and Baloo the moon, how the gay Galah came to be a bald headed bird, and why Oolab the lizard is coloured a reddish brown and is covered with pikes like bindeah prickles, why Dinewan the emu cannot fly, and how it was that Goomblegubbon the bustard came to lay only two eggs in a season... The legend of Wirreenun, the rain-making magician, is one that can hardly fail to appeal to all who know what an Australian drought is; and those who would like to know what the blacks thought of Cookoo-burrah the laughing-jackass, or Gooloo the magpie, or Moodai the possum, or any of the other familiar denizens of the bush, may be confidently recommended to these delightful pages. Mrs Langloh Parker has told all these stories with a full appreciation of their value as folk-lore as well as of their interest as legendary tales.
- Notes:
-
- General.
- Text in English with some Euahlayi language words.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
- Subject:
- Genre/Form:
- Other authors/contributors:
- McRae, Tommy, approximately 1836-1901, illustrator
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2093 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1940
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2023
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.