CHILDREN’S BOOK Australian Aboriginal
- 78 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. #280924
The adventures of Nungaree and Jungaree in search of their baby brother. Here and there, the whirlwind is a tease and a thief. They find themselves in many strange places and in some odd company before they reach his home in Nowhere.
Story of two Aboriginal children who undertake a search for their baby brother who has been taken by a whirlwind. The story adapts aspects of Aboriginal Dreaming stories to give substance to their tale of a lost child and the search for him by his older siblings. It also draws upon European folk tale traditions to produce a children’s fantasy with a strong Australian flavour.
Mary Durack has also written “Kings in Grass Castles”.
- Originally published, Sydney : Consolidated Press, 1941.
- Marcie Muir collection of Australian children’s books.
- Revised Edition, reprint
- Aboriginal Australians — Religion
- Mythology, Aboriginal Australian — Juvenile literature
- Children’s stories in English. Australian writers, 1945- . Special subjects: Australian Aboriginal myths. Texts
- (Small closed edge tear to jacket.)