Aboriginal Legends from the Bibulmun Tribe

Eddie Bennell, Anne Thomas
ISBN: 0727015044 Categories: ,

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WEST AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL

Stories collected from Authors grandparents; connected with named locations; no associated ritual; Goanna, Emu, Possum, Kangaroo, Crow, Magpie, Curlew, Cockatoo, Dog, Willie Wagtail, Robin, Swan, Snake, Parrot, Kookaburra, Pigeon, Dingo, Turtle, Gecko, Owl, Shag (cormorant). 80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Australian Aboriginal tales & legends. Western Australia. Anthologies | Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Folklore. | Legends — Western Australia. | Bibbulman people | Stories and motifs – Birds. | Animals – Birds – Eagles / Hawks / Crows. | Animals – Mammals – Marsupials – Possums / Gliders / Cuscus. | Stories and motifs – Turtles. | Animals – Mammals – Dingoes / Dogs. | Animals – Birds – Parrots. | South West Western Australia #0321/220424

First Edition. Signed by Author. (Ownership name on fep.)

The Bibbulmun were a sub-group of the Noongar (also spelt Nyungar or Nyoongar) people, whose country extended for many hundreds of square miles, comprising the triangle of land from what is now Jurien Bay to Esperance.

Additional Information

AuthorEddie Bennell, Anne Thomas
Number of pages80
PublisherRigby, Adelaide
Year Published1981
Book Condition

Near Fine

Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

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