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Australian legendary tales

Also known as Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies

by K. Langloh Parker

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction
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"Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the..." by K. Langloh Parker is a collection of Aboriginal Australian stories published in 1896. Told to Parker by the Noongahburrah people, these tales unfold in a timeless world where animal spirits, supernatural beings, and humans interact. The stories feature the All Father Baiame, the culture hero Wurrunnah, and various animal beings, often touching on themes of creation. This groundbreaking work marked the first substantial representation of Aboriginal Australian cultural traditions in English literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Folklore”, “folklore”, “mythology”, and 2 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the title, “Tales” in the alternative title, “Tales” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Folklore”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Tales”· via The Online Books Page
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    • “folklore”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “mythology”· via Project Gutenberg

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Editions

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Australian Legendary Tales: Folk-Lore of the Noongahburrahs as Told to the Piccaninnies

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

London: D. Nutt; Melbourne: Melville, Mullen and Slade, 1896

1896———Source listed online copy

Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies

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2003-03-01Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributors: Lang, Andrew
  • Open Library reports 11 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): GR365 .P22 1896
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: D. Nutt; Melbourne: Melville, Mullen and Slade, 1896
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