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The walkabouts of Wur-run-nah / compiled by Catherine Stow from the published and unpublished legends collected by K. Langloh Parker ; illustrated by Marion Hart. [Variant title:Walk abouts of Wur-Run-Nah]

Author: Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh), 1856-1940.; Hart, Marion.; Stow, Catherine.; Ward, Melbourne, 1903-1966, former owner.

Year: 1918.

Format: Pamphlet

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Rare Books	RB D398.20994/ABR/RARE BOOKS	Available	1918
Rare Books	RB D398.20994/ABR/RARE BOOKS	Available	1918
Rare Books	RB D398.20994/ABR/RARE BOOKS	Available	1918

Real Australian jungle stories : legends of the Aborigines / by Robert Turner. [Variant title:Legends of the Aborigines]

Real Australian jungle stories : legends of the Aborigines / by Robert Turner. [Variant title:Legends of the Aborigines]

Author: Turner, Robert (Robert Albion); Ward, Melbourne, 1903-1966, former owner.

Year: 1936.

Format: Pamphlet

About the legends -- How the animals lost their speech -- Why the Willy-wagtail is feared -- How the native bear lost its tail -- Why the emu has small wings -- How the tortoise got its shell -- The story of the great drought and

flood -- How the animals came to Australia -- The traitor bat and why he hides in the daytime -- The story of Piggiebillah the porcupine -- Why the crow is black -- Why the native companion has a harsh voice -- The birth of the butterflies -- The legend of the Southern Cross -- The story of the frogs -- The story of the wombat and the kangaroo -- The killing of Mullion, the eaglehawk -- How the sun was made -- Why flying foxes hang from trees -- The story of Moograbah, the magpie -- The story of the bullroarer - The story of Canis Major -- Why the sea-hawk was driven to sea -- The story of the first fire -- How the fish got their fins.

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Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Rare Books	RB D398.20994/TUR/RARE BOOKS	Available	1936

Cylcons : the mystery stones of the Darling River Valley / by Lindsay Black. [Variant title:Mystery stones of the Darling River Valley]

Cylcons : the mystery stones of the Darling River Valley / by Lindsay Black. [Variant title:Mystery stones of the Darling River Valley]

Author: Black, Lindsay, 1886-1959.; Black, Lindsay, 1886-1959. Burial trees.

Year: 1942.

Format: Rare Book

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Rare Books	RB D306.0899915/BLA/RARE BOOKS	Available	1942
Rare Books	RB D306.0899915/BLA/RARE BOOKS	Available	1942

The man who sold his dreaming / Roland Robinson.

The man who sold his dreaming / Roland Robinson.

Author: Robinson, Roland, 1912-1992.; Robinson, Roland, 1912-1992.

Year: 1965.

Format: Book

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Main Library Open Access	D398.20994/ROB/MAIN	Available

Remarks on the probable origin and antiquity of the Aboriginal natives of New South Wales. Deduced from certain of their customs, superstitions, and existing caves and drawings, in connexion with those of the nations of Antiquity / by a Colonial magistrate.

Author: Hull, William, fl, 1845-1846.; A colonial magistrate.

Year: 1846.

Format: Rare Book

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Rare Books	RB D305.89915/REM/RARE BOOKS (55/1/3)	Available	1846

Folklore of the Australian Aborigines / by R.H. Mathews.

Folklore of the Australian Aborigines / by R.H. Mathews.

Author: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918.; Ward, Melbourne, 1903-1966, former owner.

Year: 1899.

Format: Pamphlet

Sydney, Hennessey, Harper and Company. Bound with Ritual, myth, and customs of the Australian Aborigines.

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Rare Books	RB D398.20994/MAT/RARE BOOKS	Available	1899
Rare Books	RB D398.20994/MAT/RARE BOOKS	Available	1899
Rare Books	RB D398.20994/MAT/RARE BOOKS	Available	1899

Burial trees : being the first of a series on the Aboriginal customs of the Darling Valley and Central New South Wales / by Lindsay Black.

Burial trees : being the first of a series on the Aboriginal customs of the Darling Valley and Central New South Wales / by Lindsay Black.

Author: Black, Lindsay, 1886-1959.

Year: 1941.

Format: Rare Book

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Rare Books	RB D305.89915/BLA/RARE BOOKS	Available	1941
Rare Books	RB D305.89915/BLA/RARE BOOKS	Available	1941

The Aborigines of New South Wales / by John Fraser.

The Aborigines of New South Wales / by John Fraser.

Author: Fraser, John, d. 1904.; New South Wales. Commission for the World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.); World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

Year: 1892.

Format: Rare Book

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Lie Flat Rare Books	RB D305.89915/FRA/LIE FLAT RARE BOOKS (57/1/4)	Available	1892
Lie Flat Rare Books	RB D305.89915/FRA/LIE FLAT RARE BOOKS (57/1/4)	Available	1892

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