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Legendary tales of the Australian Aborigines / David Unaipon ; edited by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker

Author
Unaipon, David
Subjects
Aboriginal Australians - Folklore.; Unaipon, David.; Aboriginal Australians - Folkore.
Audience
General; Adult
Summary
"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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Legendary tales of the Australian aborigines / David Unaipon ; edited by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker.
Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press,
232 pages
2001 English Book; Illustrated 124
Title
  • Legendary tales of the Australian aborigines /​ David Unaipon ; edited by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker.
Author
  • Unaipon, David.
Other Authors
  • Muecke, Stephen, 1951-
  • Shoemaker, Adam, 1957-
Published
  • Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press, 2001.
Physical Description
  • xlviii, 232 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Summary
  • "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.
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.
Notes
  • Includes index.
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-232) and index.
Language
  • English
ISBN
  • 0522849059
Dewey Number
  • 398.209/​94
  • 398.20899915
LC Call Number
Libraries Australia ID
  • 22510741
Record ID
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Legendary tales of the Australian Aborigines / David Unaipon ; edited by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker. - Paperback ed.
Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah,
232 pages
2006 English Book; Illustrated 38
Title
  • Legendary tales of the Australian Aborigines /​ David Unaipon ; edited by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker.
Author
  • Unaipon, David.
Other Authors
  • Muecke, Stephen, 1951-
  • Shoemaker, Adam, 1957-
Edition
  • Paperback ed.
Published
  • Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah, 2006.
Physical Description
  • xlviii, 232 p. : ill., facsimiles ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Target Audience
  • General
Notes
  • Includes bibliographical references: p. 230-232.
Language
  • English
ISBN
  • 0522852467 (pbk.)
  • 9780522852462
Dewey Number
  • 398.20994
Libraries Australia ID
  • 28622154
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Legendary tales of the Australian aborigines edited by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker. [electronic resource] /
Sydney : Vision Australia Information and Library Service,
1 computer laser optical disc ...
2006 English Audio book 1
Title
  • Legendary tales of the Australian aborigines [electronic resource] /​ edited by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker.
Creator
  • Unaipon, David.
Other Creators
  • Muecke, Stephen, 1951-
  • Shoemaker, Adam, 1957-
  • Pease, Stephen, narrator.
Published
  • Sydney : Vision Australia Information and Library Service, 2006.
Physical Description
  • 1 computer laser optical disc (10 hr., 12 min.) : sd. ; 4 3/​4 in.
  • Audio with NCC only.
Subjects
Target Audience
  • Adult
Playing Time
  • 10hrs 12min 45sec
Summary
  • David Unaipon - the man on the $50 note - was a most extraordinary person. An early Aboriginal political activist, he was also a scientist, a writer, a preacher and an inventor. In the 1920s, under contract to the University of Adelaide, he was commissioned to collect traditional Aboriginal stories from around South Australia. He also acted as a 'collector' for the Aborigines Friends' Association. Most of the stories come from his own Ngarrindjeri people, but some are from other South Australian peoples. The stories were published in 1930 as Myths and Legends of the Australian Aboriginals, but the author of the work was given as W. Ramsay Smith, FRS, anthropologist and Chief Medical Officer of South Australia. Unaipon's name does not appear anywhere in the book, except where he is mentioned in passing as a 'narrator'. In putting together this new edition of the stories Unaipon collected and transcribed, Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker have undertaken to restore the text to its original form and bringing it home to its community - the community to whom the stories belonged in the first place.
Performer
  • Narrator: Stephen Pease.
Notes
  • CR #1.
  • DAISY book.
  • Unabridged.
  • Audio with NCC only.
  • Adult.
  • Original version Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 2006 ISBN 0522852467
  • VAILS (Mel)
Access Conditions
  • For people with a print disability only.
Technical Details
  • Requires DAISY software or playback equipment
  • DAISY version 2.02
  • Level 1 (chapter)
Language
  • English
Libraries Australia ID
  • 42202829
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Work history
  1. Unaipon, David
    Anglican lay leader; autobiographer/memoirist; Indigenous culture recorder; inventor; poet
  2. David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research
  3. Wilson, Mark (1868-1940)
    Indigenous culture informant; Indigenous leader
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  1. ABORIGINES' DAY OF MOURNING. "Emotional" Protest Criticised. DAVID UNAIPON'S STATEMENT. ADELAIDE, Wednesday.
    The Sydney Morning Herald..., Thursday 13 January 1938 p 8
    ... ABORIGINES' DAY OF MOURNING. . "Emotional" Protest Criticised. DAVID UNAIPON'S STATEMENT. ADELAIDE, Wednesday. David Unaipon, an educated aboriginal, said to-day that- the proposal for a "day of mourning" to direct attention to the grievances of the aborigines was a huge mistake. The movement, he ... 190 words
  2. LECTURE BY MR. D. UNAIPON.
    The Sydney Morning Herald..., Thursday 3 January 1924 p 5
    ... LECTURE BY MR. D. UNAIPON. -. * Mr. David Unaipon, the cultured aboriginal who occupted the pulpit at St. Mary's, Waverley, verley, recently, will lecture on Francis Birtles' moving picture, "Abouriginals of Australia," In St. Mary's parish hall, Bir rell-street, Waverley, on Thursday night. The ... 51 words
  3. MISSIONS EXHIBITION.
    The Sydney Morning Herald..., Saturday 5 August 1939 p 10
    ... MISSIONS EXHIBITION. Mr. David Unaipon, the aboriginal anthropologist, pologist, will give lectures at the Australian Board of Missions Overseas Exhibition, which will be opened by the Governor, Lord Wake- hurst, in the lower Town Hall on Tuesday. Mr. Unalpoiî!- who is the son of the chief of the ... 55 words