Australian Legendary Tales

Fifty tales from the Ualarai people in which women climb trees towards the heavens, emus turn into men, a duck marries a water rat in a runaway romance, and 'bush tucker' saves communities from hunger in the dry season; selected from K. Langloh Parker's original five volumes; glossary, bibliography, and biographical note on K.Langloh Parker; selected and edited by H. Drake Brockman; illustrated by Elizabeth Durack.

Publisher: Angus and Robertson. First edition of this selection
Edition: First Edition
Place Published: Sydney
Foxing to prelims and extremities, good in dustwrappers nicked at edges and missing some small pieces at the top of the front panel.


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