Note: Contributed by Carol Petterson for the Yarramoup Aboriginal Corporation and Cleve Hassel for C.W. & W.A. Hassel from the book "My Dusky Friends" by E. Hassel
Issue Details:First known date:1997...1997How the Parrots got their Colours
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'One poor parrot survived a crisis to become the most beautiful bird of his tribe. The other parrots tried to copy him and all ended up with different coloured feathers.' (Source: National Film & Sound Archive)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Series:form yBobtalesWestern Australia:Gripping Films & GraphicsWestern Australia Aboriginal Media Association,199761831521997series - publisher film/TV dreaming story
'Bobtales is an animated series of thirteen five minute Aboriginal Dreamtime stories for young children. These enchanting five-minute tales bring to life stories of how some of Australia's native animals came to look the way they do, and why the moon and the stars appear in the sky. Presented by Aboriginal storytellers, these beautifully illustrated stories use dynamic computer animation based on drawings by Aboriginal children from Western Australia to tell traditional legends in an imaginative and colourful way.' (Source: Bobtales Animated Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories for Children website; and National Film & Sound Archive website)
