Australian Legendary Tales
'Australian Legendary Tales' Summary
Australian Legendary Tales is a translated collection of stories told to K. Langloh Parker by Australian Aboriginal people.
The book was immediately popular, being revised or reissued several times since its first publication in 1896, and noted as the first substantial representation of cultural works by colonised Australians.
The 1953 edition for children received the Children's Book Council of Australia's Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers.
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K. Langloh Parker
United States
Catherine Eliza Somerville Stow who wrote as K. Langloh Parker, was a South Australian born writer who lived in northern New South Wales in the late nineteenth century. She is best known for rec...
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