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1 y separately published work icon The McKenzie Massacre on Bentinck Island Roma Kelly , Nicholas Evans , Cassy Nancarrow , Mornington Island State School (illustrator), Gununa : Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation , 2015 8881284 2015 single work picture book

'In 1911 a man named McKenzie obtained a government lease which, according to Queensland law, gave him title hold over all of Sweers Island and a large portion of Bentinck Island. In the 1980s Roma Kelly told linguist Nicholas Evans about the brutal massacre led by McKenzie in 1918 at Rukuthi, for which he was never punished.' (Source: Online)

1 y separately published work icon Mission Times Dolly Loogatha , Cassy Nancarrow , Mornington Island State School (illustrator), Gununa : Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation , 2014 8881073 2014 single work picture book children's

'In the 1940s Dolly was a girl in the dormitory on Mornington Island. Then as a teenager she was sent to the mainland to work as a domestic on several stations. She tells of some of the things that happened - some funny, some shocking, some sad.' (Source: Online)

1 y separately published work icon Dugong Hunting : Gendabaliyagu Gully Peters , Mornington Island State School (illustrator), Gununa : Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation , 2014 8880983 2014 single work picture book children's Indigenous story

'Diin yuunymen ngalu, dilanthaarr barguwenku wanginjitharr. (This is an old-time story about when people used to go about with nets, long ago.) This story tells of a group of men hunting dugong with giant nets at the mouth of Sandalwood River on Mornington Island. It is told in both English and Lardil.' (Source: Online)

1 y separately published work icon Two Boys and Two Devils : A Traditional Yangkaal Story from Forsyth Island Mornington Island State School , Mornington Island State School (illustrator), Gununa : Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation , 2014 8880906 2014 single work picture book children's Indigenous story
1 y separately published work icon Turtle and Wallaby : Barun Bana Garnjin Phil Jack , Mornington Island State School (illustrator), Gununa : Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation , 2014 8880819 2014 single work picture book children's Indigenous story

'Turtle gives wallaby a lift across the water and in return wallaby helps turtle escape from hunters. The story in this book is not a traditional Lardil story, but it has been told at Mornington Island for a long time now. ' (Source: Online)

1 y separately published work icon Squid and Rat : A Traditional Lardil Story Cassy Nancarrow (editor), Mornington Island State School (illustrator), Gununa : Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation , 2014 8880728 2014 single work picture book children's Indigenous story

'Squid gives his friend Rat a lift across the water on his back, but Rat laughs at Squid's tentacles. This version of the Squid and Rat story is based on a story told by John Williams, with additions from old recordings of Kenneth Jacob and Gully Peters telling the story in Lardil and creole.'

1 y separately published work icon Sugarbag Honey Bees : With Yeren and Balibal Mornington Island State School , Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation (illustrator), Gununa : Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation , 2014 8880482 2014 single work picture book Indigenous story children's

'Old Yeren the eagle warns the sugarbag bees not to try and fly to Sydney Island, but do they listen to him? The way the story is told in this book is a blend of the versions told by Henry Peters, Gully Peters, Cyril Moon and Ellen Roughsey.' (Source: Online)

1 y separately published work icon Seagull and Crane : A Traditional Lardil Story Cassy Nancarrow , Cassy Nancarrow (editor), Mornington Island State School (illustrator), Cyril Moon , Ellen Roughsey , Lindsay Roughsey , Gununa : Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation , 2014 8838089 2014 single work picture book children's

'Seagull woman looks after her babies all by herself while her husband Crane goes off hunting. When he comes back demanding his wife's attention, she leaves with the children, creating channels between the islands. '

1 y separately published work icon Lardil Culture Story Annie Chong , Henry Peters , Phil Jack , Mornington Island : Mornington Island State School , 1983 9428992 1983 single work prose dreaming story
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