Monica Roughsey Monica Roughsey i(A127229 works by)
Born: Established: Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria area, Far North Queensland, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Lardil
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 Squid and Rat Monica Roughsey , 1993 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Listen To Our Stories : An Anthology of Writing by Aboriginal and Islander Women 1993; (p. 31)

'The old people of the Lardil tribe used to go over to Rocky Island from Mornington Island to catch turtle when they came up on the beach to lay their eggs. ...'
1 The Wallaby and the Wild Hen Monica Roughsey , 1993 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Listen To Our Stories : An Anthology of Writing by Aboriginal and Islander Women 1993; (p. 30)

'One day the wallaby and the wild hen sat on the beach and looked across to a green island on the other side. ...'
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