The first sunrise : Australian Aboriginal myths / by Ainslie Roberts ; with text by Charles P. Mountford
- Bib ID:
- 2725847
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Roberts, Ainslie, 1911-1993
- Description:
-
- Adelaide : Rigby, 1971
- 79pages : ill.(part col.) ; 24cm.
- ISBN:
- 0851792537
- Series:
- Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books.
- Summary:
-
Gives versions of 32 myths from New South Wales, Kimberleys, Lake Alexandrina, Torres Strait, Melville Island, Oenpelli, Bickerton Island, Mount Gambier, Flinders Ranges, Groote Eylandt & Blue Mountains.
- Notes:
- For children.
- Subject:
-
- Roberts, Ainslie, 1911-1993
- Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
- Legends -- Australia
- Aboriginal tales & legends. Australia. Texts
- Australian paintings. Roberts, Ainslie
- Stories and motifs - Dingoes / dogs
- Stories and motifs - Snakes
- Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Stories and motifs - Flood
- Stories and motifs - Sun - Sunsets and sunrises
- Stories and motifs - Fire
- Bungandidj / Buandig people (S13) (SA SJ54-06)
- Stories and motifs - Mountains
- Yermalner / Melville Island (NT SC52-16)
- Torres Strait Islands (Qld TSI SC54, SC55-05)
- Lake Alexandrina / Lake Albert (SE SA SI54-13)
- Mount Gambier (SE SA SJ54-06)
- New South Wales North Coast (NSW N Coast SH56)
- West Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51)
- Flinders Ranges (NE SA SH54-09, SH54-13)
- Gunbalanya / Oenpelli (West Arnhem Land NT SD53-01)
- Bickerton Island (NT Gulf Islands SD53-07)
- Groote Eylandt (NT Gulf Islands SD53-07, SD53-08)
- Blue Mountains (W Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Mountford, Charles P. (Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976
- Also Titled:
- First sunrise : Australian Aboriginal myths in paintings
- Related Records:
-
This belongs to the Muir, Marcie. Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books.
This collection contains 6,246 records. - Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2063 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1993
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1971
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- The dawn of time : Australian Aboriginal myths in paintings / by Ainslie Roberts with text by Charles P. Mountford
- The dreamtime book : Australian Aboriginal myths in paintings / by Ainslie Roberts and text by Charles P. Mountford
- Aboriginal fables and legendary tales / [compiled] by A.W. Reed ; illustrated by E.H. Papps
- Land of the Rainbow Snake : Aboriginal children's stories and songs from western Arnhem Land / arranged and translated by Catherine H. Berndt ; illustrated by Djoki Yunupingu
- Aboriginal fables and legendary tales / A.W. Reed