Mavis Mallinson Mavis Mallinson i(A4301 works by)
Gender: Female
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2 y separately published work icon The Magic Snake : Being a Group of Stories for Children Concerning the Habits, Customs, Beliefs, Ceremonies, Corroborees and Legends of the Australian Aborigines William Linklater , Mavis Mallinson (editor), Sydney : Currawong , 1946 Z267696 1946 selected work short story children's

Billy Linklater was the author of Gather No Moss, a Northern Territory classic. He wrote of the Territory when he was young. The Magic Snake is his collected legends of the Warramunga tribe among whom he lived and worked for many years. A forgotten classic of the North. (Source: Hesperian Press website)
1 y separately published work icon The Magic Kangaroo : The Adventures of Dicky and Nooroo Mavis Mallinson , Sydney : John Sands , 1940-1949 Z1238988 1940-1949 single work children's fiction children's adventure Graphic novel about an orphaned white boy called Dicky who, left alone in the bush, is befriended by a young Aboriginal boy named Nooroo. The two go on to have many adventures, among them a trip to a tropical Queensland 'jungle' on board a magic, flying kangaroo who can read minds.
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