Buthera and the Bat single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1930... 1930 Buthera and the Bat
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'In the southern part of Yorke Peninsula there lived a great chief called Bathera. He was a proud man, who ruled haughtily over his tribe. On day his mother told him to journey to the farthest end of the Peninsula, towards Marion Bay. On the outset of his journey his mother told him to be careful and to be prepared to do battle at any time, for she felt that she was sending him on a dangerous journey...' (Source: Myths and Legends)

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Subjects:
  • Marion Bay, Southern Yorke Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia,
  • Yorke Peninsula, South Australia,
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