The legends of Moonie Jarl / Moonie Jarl (Wilfred Walter Reeves) ; illustrated by Wandi (Olga Miller)
- Bib ID:
- 10014486
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Jarl, Moonie, author
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Description:
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- Milton, Qld : John Wiley & Sons, [2021]
- ©2021
- 44 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780730395546 (hardback)
- Summary:
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In 1964, The Legends of Moonie Jarl, the first Australian Aboriginal children's book, was published. It was also the first Aboriginal children's book in schools at that time. Over 50 years later the stories continue to be shared among the Butchulla people. Stories that they would like again shared by all Australian children.The book tells the traditional stories of the Butchulla people, the Indigenous people of Fraser Island and the Fraser Coast, Queensland. It was written and designed by Butchulla siblings Moonie Jarl (Wilf Reeves) and Wandi (Olga Miller). The Legends of Moonie Jarl gives a deeper understanding and appreciation of Butchulla culture among the broader community, and contributes to community pride locally. These are the stories that were taught about the origin of birds, animals and plants. These are the stories which belong to all Australian children, for their own birds and animals are the subjects of legends which have been handed down since the First Time. In this book you will learn how the wallaby got its pouch, how the boomerang was invented, how the swan stretched its neck and why the flying fox hangs upside down.
- Full contents:
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- In the beginning
- The flying fox
- The Yindingie
- Yindingine and the wallaby
- Yindingie and the catfish
- The boomerang
- Minguin
- The fire bird
- The storm bird and the swan
- Mooging
- Ornithorhynchus
- The wishing crab
- Your own Jun Jaree.
- Notes:
- For children.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Fraser Island -- Religion -- Juvenile literature
- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Fraser Island -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature
- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Fraser Island -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature
- Butchulla / Batjala / Badtjala people (E30) (Qld SG56-06)
- Literature and stories - Juvenile
- Literature and stories - Story telling and story tellers - Sand drawing
- Stories and motifs - Ancestor spirits
- Stories and motifs - Animals
- Stories and motifs - Birds
- Stories and motifs - Catfish
- Stories and motifs - Weapons - Boomerangs
- Butchulla people E30
- Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales
- Fraser Island (Qld.) -- Juvenile literature
- K'Gari / Fraser Island (SE Qld SG56-03)
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Miller, Olga, 1920-2003, illustrator
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2021
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