Stories from the Billabong by James Vance Marshall, Francis Firebrace

Stories from the Billabong by James Vance Marshall, Francis FirebraceFrom the author of Walkabout come ten of Australia's ancient aboriginal legends, authentically and elegantly retold. Here you can discover how Great Mother Snake created and peopled the world with plants and creatures, what makes Frogs croak, why Kangaroo has a pouch, and just what it is that makes Platypus so special. The illustrations are by the aboriginal artist and storyteller Francis Firebrace, whose distinctive, colourful work is known

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more than two hundred courageous Aboriginal people walked off the Wave Hill Cattle Station in the Northern Territory

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