Stone Axe Of Burkamukk
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The book contains 13 stories of the Gunaikurnai people, as told by their elders to the author. The stories deal with the world as the blacks knew it; with the Bush animals and birds; the powers of storm, flood, fire, thunder, and magic, and the beings who they thought controlled these powers; with the sun, moon and stars; and with the life and death of men and women.Book Details
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Mary Grant Bruce
Australia
Mary Grant Bruce also known as Minnie Bruce, was an Australian children's author and journalist. While all her thirty-seven books enjoyed popular success in Australia and overseas, particularly in the...
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