Download or read book Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines written by W. Ramsay Smith and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic resource is organized as follows: Chapter I: Origins The Customs and Traditions of Aboriginals The Story of the Creation The Coming of Mankind The Peewee’s Story The Eagle-hawk and the Crow The Birth of the Butterflies The Confusion of Tongues The Discovery and the Loss of the Secret of Fire The Moon The Wonderful Lizard The Lazy Goannas and what happened to them How the Selfish Goannas lost their Wives What some Aboriginal Carvings mean Chapter II: Animal Myths The Selfish Owl Why Frogs jump into the Water This is the legend of the frogs. Kinie Ger, the Native Cat The Porcupine and the Mountain Devil The Green Frog How the Tortoise got his Shell The Mischievous Crow and the Good he did Whowie The Flood and its Results How Spencer’s Gulf came into Existence Chapter III: Religion The Belief in a Great Spirit The Land of Perfection The Voice of the Great Spirit Witchcraft Chapter IV: Social Marriage Customs The Spirit of Help among the Aboriginals Ngia Ngiampe Hunting Fishing Sport Chapter V: Personal Myths Kirkin and Wyju The Love-story of the Two Sisters Cheeroonear The Keen Keeng Mr and Mrs Newal and their Dog Thardid Jimbo Palpinkalare Perindi and Harrimiah Bulpallungga Nurunderi's Wives Chirr-bookie, the Blue Crane Buthera and the Bat Yara-ma-yha-who The Origin of the Pleiades

Download or read book Australian Legends written by George Moore and published by R.I.C. Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Australian Legends written by C. W. Peck and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories from New South Wales tribes - coastal and inland - Cammeray, Kamilaroi.

Download or read book Aussie Legends Alphabet written by Beck Feiner and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN THIS VIBRANT LOOK AT AUSTRALIAN CULTURAL ICONS, A IS FOR ADAM GOODES, B IS FOR BOB HAWKE AND C IS FOR CATHY FREEMAN. Forget Alpha, Bravo, Charlie ... Meet the ultimate A to Z of amazing Aussies who make thiscountry legendary. Sometimes irreverent, always charming and vividly brought tolife by Beck Feiner. PRAISE 'Aussie Legends Alphabet will thrill readers, children andadults alike ... An ideal starting point for students who are looking at famousAustralians in class, as well as being a fabulous gift and talking point foradults.' -- ReadPlus AWARDS Shortlisted - 2018 Australian Book Design Awards Shortlisted - 2018 Speech Pathology Awards

Download or read book Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines written by David Unaipon and published by Melbourne University. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of traditional Aboriginal stories from South Australia, written David Uniapon, an early Aboriginal activist, scientist, writer and preacher, who appears on the Australian $50 note. The stories originally appeared in 'Myths and Legends of the Australian Aboriginals', but were attributed to W. Ramsay Smith, FRS, anthropologist and Chief Medical Officer of South Australia. For this edition the stories have been re-edited, with the cooperation of Uniapon's descendants, and for the first time appear as the work of their true author. The editors contribute a substantial introduction that gives the historical and cultural context of Uniapon's work, and the story of this publication. Includes photos, glossary and bibliography. Muecke is Professor of Cultural Studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney. Previous works include 'Reading the Country' and 'Paperbark: A collection of Black Australian writing'. Shoemaker is Dean of Arts at the Australian National University. Previous works include 'Black Words, White Page' and 'Mudrooroo: A critical study'.

Download or read book Australian Legends written by C. W. Peck and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why did the early arrivals in Australia imagine that the aborigines had no folk-lore, no legends, hardly any manners, habits and customs? Is it that they really had none, or that the blacks were merely incomprehensible? I think it was the latter. Australia had much of country to be explored difficult country-on the Coast cool and equable of climate, on the highlands rough, jagged, and cold, on the Great Plains desert, with all the heat and madness of a great gravelled and sandy waste and the tales that may be told, known and unknown, are tales of endurance and adventure, rivalling truth and fiction of the sixteenth century." The author C.W. Peck offers us this collection of Legends of the Australian indigenous peoples. The legends celebrate nature as well as tell stories of their great heroes of the past.

Download or read book Dream Time Magic and Other Australian Legends A Quick Read Book written by The Abbotts and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dream Time Magic and Other Australian Legends A Quick Read Book By The Abbotts The Dream Time of the Australian Aboriginal people is a fascinating place full of lively myths, great stories and amusing tales! In this new book by The Abbotts, we enter this mystical world and meet a variety of lovable people from a small boy, Wallunga to a modern outback nurse and hear their stories. Also we discover the amazing tales and myths created by the convicts, settlers and unusual visitors to this Southern continent over the millennia. A book of interest for the whole family! In 14 pt for easy reading and fully illustrated. A Beacon of Light Book.

Download or read book Australian Legendary Tales written by K. Langloh Parker and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Australian Legendary Tales by K. Langloh Parker

Download or read book Myths and Legends of Australia New Zealand and Pacific Islands written by World Book and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who created the world? Where did volcanoes come from? Explore the rich mythologies and legends of the many cultures of the peoples of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. Famous Myths and Legends is a beautifully photographed and illustrated 12-volume series designed to narrate the ancient mythologies and inherited stories from the many diverse cultures throughout the world.

Download or read book Moyarra An Australian Legend in Two Cantos written by George William Rusden and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Moyarra: An Australian Legend in Two Cantos' is a written work featuring two canto-style poems regarding Moyarra, a town in Victoria, Australia. The poems were written by George William Rusden, an English-born historian, active in Australia.

Download or read book Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines written by W. J. Thomas and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-06-08 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains an illustrated collection of Australian Aborigine folklore, rewritten for a general audience. "Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines" is highly recommended for those with an interest in mythology and Australian Aboriginal culture, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Why the Crow is Black", "How the Stars Were Made", "Rolla-Mano and the Evening Star.", "The Story of the Seven Sisters and the Faithful Lovers", "A Legend of the Sacred Bullroarer", "The Great Fight.", "The Flying Chip.", "Why Blackfellows Never Travel Alone - A Legend of the Wallaroo and Willy-Wagtail", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. First published in 1923.

Download or read book A Dictionary of Australian Folklore written by Bill Wannan and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... Comprehensive collection of Australian lore, legends, traditions, ballads and popular sayings ... It is more than an anthology. It is the first attempt to systematically collect and annotate the whole field of Australian traditional folklore. Documentary source material has been supplied wherever it exists and this, together with oral and personal contributions, provides a rich source of reference material. The book is illustrated throughout and contains many rare contemporary prints and photographs. It is a mine of information and reference material for the student, writer or browsing reader. An assemblage of: legends, ballads, folk heroes, eccentrics, ghosts, country cures and remedies, bush cooking, toasts, bush jingles, sobriquets, mythical beasts and birds, familiar quotations, lost reefs and buried treasure, popular allusions, dreams, omens and prophecies, place names." -- Inside front cover.

Download or read book Legends of Australian Fantasy written by Jack Dann and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two of the best editors working today ... These are the legends of Australian fantasy - eleven of Australia's best-loved and most widely read writers ... Gathered together by equally legendary editors Jack Dann and Jonathan Strahan to produce an entirely original compilation ... Celebrate the legends of Australian fantasy. Extraordinary voices ... extraordinary worlds. Come to Erith, to a faerie tale with a sting, or to Obernewtyn, long before the Seeker was born. Revisit a dark pocket of history for the Magician's Guild or get caught up in the confusion of an endlessly repeating day in the Citadel. Cross the wall, where Charter magic is all that lies between you and death. A trip with a graverobber can be gruesome, and it's hard to share the fear of a woman who must kill her husband if her child is to rule ... A mysterious tale plays out in Sevenwaters. Catch up with Ros and Adi as they prepare for the greatest change of all. Other twists in these fabulous tales bring us to demonic destiny and an alternate WWII. these eleven short novels will take you on amazing new journeys with favourite characters from the worlds you know and love ... 'this is a book to savour, treasure, re-read' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD on tHE LOCUS AWARDS, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Charles N. Brown 'at once quintessentially Australian and enticingly other. If you read short fiction you'll want this collection. If you don't, this is a reason to start' BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER on DREAMING AGAIN, edited by Jack Dann

Download or read book Legends of People Myths of State written by Bruce Kapferer and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Lorre described himself as merely a ‘face maker’. His own negative attitude also characterizes traditional perspectives which position Lorre as a tragic figure within film history: the promising European artist reduced to a Hollywood gimmick, unable to escape the murderous image of his role in Fritz Lang’sM.This book shows that the life of Peter Lorre cannot be reduced to a series of simplistic oppositions. It reveals that, despite the limitations of his macabre star image, Lorre’s screen performances were highly ambitious, and the terms of his employment were rarely restrictive. Lorre’s career was a complex negotiation between transnational identity, Hollywood filmmaking practices, the ownership of star images and the mechanics of screen performance.

Download or read book AUSTRALIAN LEGENDARY TALES written by Various and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first book by K. Langloh Parker is still one of the best available collections of Australian Aboriginal folklore. It was written for a popular audience, but the stories are retold with integrity, and not filtered, as was the case with similar books from this period. That said, the style of this book reflects Victorian sentimentality and, an occasional tinge of racism that was apparent in those times. However, this volume does contain 31 uniquely Australian tales like: The Galah, and Oolah the Lizard, Bahloo the Moon and the Daens, The Origin of the Narran Lake, Gooloo the Magpie, and the Wahroogah and many more tales with distinctly Aboriginal titles. The texts, with their sentient animals and mythic transformations, have a somnambulistic and chaotic narrative that mark them as authentic dreamtime lore. The mere fact that she cared to write down these stories places her far ahead of her contemporaries, who, at the time, barely regarded native Australians as human. However, children will find here the Jungle Book of Australia, but there is no Mowgli, set apart as a man. For man, bird, and beast are all blended in the Aboriginal psyche. All are of one kindred, all shade into each other; all obey the Bush Law. Unlike any European Marchen, these stories do not have the dramatic turns of Western folk-lore. There are no distinctions of wealth and rank, no Cinderella nor a Puss in Boots. The struggle for food and water is the perpetual theme, and no wonder, for the narrators dwell in a dry and thirsty land. Parker has some odd connections with modern popular culture. She was rescued from drowning by an aborigine at an early age. This incident was portrayed in the film 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'. The song "They Call the Wind Mariah" was based on a story from this book and the pop singer Mariah Cary was reputedly named after this song. 33% of the net profit from this book will be donated to schools, charities and special causes. Yesterday's Books for Tomorrow's Educations"

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Urban Legends 2 volumes written by Jan Harold Brunvand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 911 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of the original reference standard for urban legends provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized online. From roasted babies to vanishing hitchhikers to housewives in football helmets, this exhaustive and highly readable encyclopedia provides descriptions of hundreds of individual legends and their variations, examines legend themes, and explains scholarly approaches to the genre. Revised and expanded to include updated versions of the entries from the award-winning first edition, this work provides additional entries on a wide range of new topics that include terrorism, recent political events, and Hurricane Katrina. Entries in Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, Updated and Expanded Edition discuss the presence of urban legends in comic books, literature, film, music, and many other areas of popular culture, as well as the existence of "too good to be true" stories in Argentina, China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and several other countries. Serving as both an anthology of stories as well as a reference work, this encyclopedia will serve as a valuable resource for students and a source book for journalists, professional folklorists, and others who are researching or interested in urban legends.

Download or read book Australian National Bibliography 1992 written by National Library of Australia and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 1988 with total page 1976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: