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A Basic Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English dictionary.

Author: Institute for Aboriginal Development (Alice Springs, N.T.)

Year: 1987.

Format: Book

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Reference	D499.15/BAS/REF:INDIG	Available

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

Australian Aboriginal rock art / Frederick D. McCarthy ; with foreword by A.P. Elkin.

Australian Aboriginal rock art / Frederick D. McCarthy ; with foreword by A.P. Elkin.

Author: McCarthy, Frederick D. (Frederick David), 1905-1997.; Australian Museum. Trustees.

Year: 1958.

Format: Pamphlet

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Rare Books	RB D709.0113/MCC/RARE BOOKS	Available	1958
Rare Books	RB D709.0113/MCC/RARE BOOKS	Available	1958
Main Library Open Access	D709.0113/MCC/MAIN	Not Available
Reference	D709.0113/MCC/REF:AUSMUS	Available
search & discover	S&D	Not Available
Main Library Open Access	D709.0113/MCC/MAIN	Available

Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1 : sent by the colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the government : including an account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans / by Edward John Eyre.

Author: Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901.

Year: 1845.

Format: Rare Book

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Rare Books	RB D919.423042/EYR/RARE BOOKS	Available	1845	2
Rare Books	RB D919.423042/EYR/RARE BOOKS	Available	1845	1
Rare Books	RB D919.423042/EYR/RARE BOOKS	Available	1845	II
Rare Books	RB D919.423042/EYR/RARE BOOKS	Available	1845	I

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