Elkin Umbagai Elkin Umbagai i(A59927 works by) (a.k.a. Elsie Elkin)
Born: Established: 19 Feb 1921 Kunmunya, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 24 Jan 1980 Derby, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal Worora ; Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 History of Kunmunya Elkin Umbagai , 2008 single work life story
— Appears in: Mowanjum : 50 Years Community History 2008; (p. 36-42)
1 Training for Manhood Elkin Umbagai , 1980 single work short story Indigenous story
— Appears in: Australian Dreaming : 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History 1980; (p. 185-186)
1 Two Children were Lying Down Elkin Umbagai , 1980 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Australian Dreaming : 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History 1980; (p. 149)
1 Daughter Sun, Mother Sun, and all the Stars Elkin Umbagai , 1980 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Australian Dreaming : 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History 1980; (p. 144)
1 The Disobedient Children Elkin Umbagai , 1980 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Visions of Mowanjum : Aboriginal Writings from the Kimberley 1980; (p. 78)
1 The Spirit Water Elkin Umbagai , 1980 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Visions of Mowanjum : Aboriginal Writings from the Kimberley 1980; (p. 77)
1 The Mountain of Initiation Elkin Umbagai , 1980 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Visions of Mowanjum : Aboriginal Writings from the Kimberley 1980; (p. 76)
1 Tumbi the Owl Elkin Umbagai , 1980 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Visions of Mowanjum : Aboriginal Writings from the Kimberley 1980; (p. 74-75)
1 Pidgeon the Outlaw Elkin Umbagai , 1979 single work biography
— Appears in: North of the 26th : A Collection of Writings, Paintings, Drawings and Photographs from the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne Regions 1979; (p. 176)
1 The Boab Tree Elkin Umbagai , 1969 single work prose dreaming story children's
— Appears in: Children's Stories from the Worora 1969; (p. 7-12)
2 The Flood 1969 single work prose dreaming story children's
— Appears in: Children's Stories from the Worora 1969; (p. 52-57)
— Appears in: Mowanjum : 50 Years Community History 2008; (p. 16-18)
2 The Two Boys and their Father 1969 single work prose dreaming story children's
— Appears in: Children's Stories from the Worora 1969; (p. 46-51)
— Appears in: Australian Dreaming : 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History 1980; (p. 181-183)
2 The Devil and the Bats 1969 single work prose dreaming story children's
— Appears in: Children's Stories from the Worora 1969; (p. 38-40)
— Appears in: Mowanjum : 50 Years Community History 2008; (p. 14)
2 How the Agula Swallowed the Two Boys 1969 single work prose dreaming story children's
— Appears in: Children's Stories from the Worora 1969; (p. 17-24)
— Appears in: Australian Dreaming : 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History 1980; (p. 178-179)
1 The Sea Devil Elkin Umbagai , 1969 single work prose dreaming story children's
— Appears in: Children's Stories from the Worora 1969; (p. 13-16)
2 The Native Cat and the Black-headed Python 1969 single work prose dreaming story children's
— Appears in: Children's Stories from the Worora 1969; (p. 1-6)
— Appears in: Visions of Mowanjum : Aboriginal Writings from the Kimberley 1980; (p. 100-102)
1 y separately published work icon Children's Stories from the Worora Peter Lucich , Elkin Umbagai , Elkin Umbagai (translator), Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies , 1969 Z844256 1969 selected work prose dreaming story children's

The anthropologist Peter Lucich conducted fieldwork at Mowanjum Presbyterian Mission in the Kimberley region of Western Australia between 1963 and 1964. Elkin Umbagai told the children's dreaming stories that Lucich recorded. Each chapter of this book is devoted to a single story which appears in several versions :


    • The storyteller's version in her language transcribed by Lucich, using symbols derived from the International Phonetic Alphabet. Umbagi's direct English translation appears underneath the Worora words.
    • Luchich's free translation using English grammatical structure.
    • Umbagi's English language version of the story if it was recorded by Lucich.
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