Legendary tales of the Australian aborigines /
"These stories, collected in manuscript and typescript as 'Legendary tales of the Australian Aborigines', were written in 1924-1925 and reside in the State Library of New South Wales. ... Presented here ... in their original form." --P. xi.
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Carlton, Vic. :
Melbourne University Press,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- Aboriginal folklore
- Aborigines, their traditions and customs : where did they come from?
- Some stories about my race : what the Aborigines' carvings near Sydney mean
- Belief of the Aborigines in a great spirit
- Confusion of tongue
- Fishing
- The flood and its result : Berrwerina tribe, Darling River
- The gherawhat (goanna)
- Gool lun naga (green frog)
- Hunting
- How the tortoise got his shell
- Immortality
- Love story of the mat rallang
- The mat kar ree (moon)
- Marriage customs of the Australian Aborigines
- The mischievous crow and the good he did
- Naroondarie's wives
- Nhung e umpie
- Panp parl lowa : spirit of help among the Aborigines
- Sport
- The story of the mungingee
- The voice of the Great Spirit
- The water rat who discovered the secret of fire and how it was taken from him by the eagle hawk
- Whowie
- Why all the animals peck at the selfish owl : the coming of the light
- Why manparrie (frogs) jump into the water
- Witchcraft
- Wondangar goon na ghun (whale and star fish)
- A wonderful bun bar rang (lizard)
- Yara ma tha who
- How Teddy lost his tail.