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The Stone Axe Of Burkamukk

The Stone Axe Of Burkamukk

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Number of Chapters: 25

Length: 06 hours and 56 minutes

Language: English

Mary Grant Bruce was an Australian children's writer who spent one year collecting Aboriginal stories in Gippsland - a part of Victoria which it is thought had a dense population of the early Australians. Sadly, now there are no tribal people living, though their descendants are still around. This book contains 13 stories of the Gunaikurnai people, as told by their elders to the author. From the preface:
Year by year the old black tribes are dying out, and many of their legends and beliefs are dying with them. These legends deal with the world as the blacks knew it; with the Bush animals and birds; the powers of storm, flood, fire, thunder, and magic, and the beings who they thought controlled these powers; with the sun, moon and stars; and with the life and death of men and women.

The folktales of a people are the story of its soul, and it would be a pity if the native races of our country were to vanish altogether before we had collected enough of their legends to let their successors know what manner of people lived in Australia for thousands of years before the white man came.
(From the Preface by Mary Grant Bruce with a little help from annise)

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Foreword (Availle)
The Stone Axe of Burkamukk - Chapter I (Jacob Paul Starr)
The Stone Axe of Burkamukk - Chapter II (Jacob Paul Starr)
The Stone Axe of Burkamukk - Chapter III (Jacob Paul Starr)
Waung the Crow - Chapter I (Jacob Paul Starr)
Waung the Crow - Chapter II (Jacob Paul Starr)
The Emu Who Would Dance (Mike Pelton)
Booran, the Pelican - Chapter I (Mike Pelton)
Booran, the Pelican - Chapter II (Mike Pelton)
The Story Of the Stars (LukeDavidJohnson)
How Light Came (April Walters)
The Frog That Laughed (DaveMathews)
The Maiden Who Found the Moon - Chapter I (DaveMathews)
The Maiden Who Found the Moon - Chapter II (DaveMathews)
The Maiden Who Found the Moon - Chapter III (DaveMathews)
Mirran and Warreen (Jacob Paul Starr)
The Daughters of Wonkawala - Part 1 (Lynne T)
The Daughters of Wonkawala - Part 2 (Lynne T)
The Burning Of the Crows (MaryAnn)
Kur-Bo-Roo, the Bear - Chapter I (Roohi)
Kur-Bo-Roo, the Bear - Chapter II (Roohi)
Kur-Bo-Roo, the Bear - Chapter III (Roohi)
Wurip, the Fire-Bringer - Chapter I (Ted Delorme)
Wurip, the Fire-Bringer, Chapter II (Ted Delorme)
Wurip, the Fire-Bringer, Chapter III (Ted Delorme)
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