Dick Roughsey Dick Roughsey i(A657 works by) (a.k.a. Goobalathaldin Roughsey)
Also writes as: Goobalathaldin
Born: Established: 1924 Langunarnji Island, Gulf of Carpentaria area, Far North Queensland, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 20 Oct 1985 Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Lardil ; Aboriginal
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1 Cold Comfort (from Moon and Rainbow : The Autobiography of an Aboriginal) Dick Roughsey , 1997 extract
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Australian Schooldays 1997; (p. 186-188)
1 y separately published work icon I, the Aboriginal; Moon and Rainbow Douglas Lockwood , Dick Roughsey , Sydney : Seal Books , 1995 Z1436315 1995 selected work biography autobiography
1 3 y separately published work icon Mungoon-Gali, the Giant Goanna Percy Trezise , Dick Roughsey (illustrator), North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991 Z833198 1991 single work picture book children's 'Mungoon-Gali the Giant Goanna (1991) is set in the days of the diprotodons, 'kadimakras' to the Aboriginal People. Ngali and Mayli are trapped by Mungoon-Galithe giant goanna, but drive him away with fire.' Stella Lees and Pam Macintyre The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1993):420).
1 Gidegal the Moon-Man Dick Roughsey , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature 1990; (p. 468-470)
1 Faces of White Pipe-Clay (from Moon and Rainbow : The Autobiography of an Aboriginal) Dick Roughsey , 1990 extract autobiography (Moon and Rainbow : The Autobiography of an Aboriginal)
— Appears in: The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature 1990; (p. 85-86)
1 School Days (from : Moon and Rainbow : The Autobiography of an Aboriginal) Dick Roughsey , 1989 extract autobiography (Moon and Rainbow : The Autobiography of an Aboriginal)
— Appears in: North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Prose 1989; (p. 95-99)
1 Dick Roughsey (from Moon and Rainbow : The Autobiography of an Aboriginal) Dick Roughsey , 1987 extract autobiography (Moon and Rainbow : The Autobiography of an Aboriginal)
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian Autobiography 1987; (p. 217-221)
1 y separately published work icon Jurlpu Manu Warna Wati-kirli Percy Trezise , Dick Roughsey , Pansy Rose Napaljarri (translator), Lajamanu / Hooker Creek : s.n. , 1986 Z1750045 1986 single work short story children's
1 1 y separately published work icon The Flying Fox Warriors Percy Trezise , Dick Roughsey , Percy Trezise (illustrator), Dick Roughsey (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1985 Z830900 1985 single work picture book children's Indigenous story A battle to the death between two enemy tribes in the Dreamtime leads to the appearance of the bats known as flying foxes and subsequently to the rise of all kinds of birds. (Libraries Australia record)
1 4 y separately published work icon Gidja Percy Trezise , Dick Roughsey , Dick Roughsey (illustrator), Percy Trezise (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1984 Z832973 1984 single work picture book children's Indigenous story After suffering from misfortune and being mistreated by the people of their tribe, Gidja and his wife and daughter become the moon, the Morning Star, and the Evening Star.
1 y separately published work icon The Rainbow Serpent and The Giant Devil Dingo Dick Roughsey , Sydney : Times House , 1983 Z1436730 1983 selected work picture book
1 1 y separately published work icon The Magic Firesticks Percy Trezise , Dick Roughsey , Percy Trezise (illustrator), Dick Roughsey (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1983 Z836574 1983 single work picture book children's Indigenous story
4 3 y separately published work icon Turramulli the Giant Quinkin Percy Trezise , Dick Roughsey , Percy Trezise (illustrator), Dick Roughsey (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1982 Z832970 1982 single work picture book children's Indigenous story Two children of the Yalanji people are pursued by Turramulli, the largest and fiercest of the spirits roaming the bushland.
1 Gidigal the Moon Man Dick Roughsey , 1980 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Australian Dreaming : 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History 1980; (p. 163-166)
1 In The Old Days Dick Roughsey , 1980 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Australian Dreaming : 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History 1980; (p. 132-137)
3 4 y separately published work icon Banana Bird and the Snake Men Percy Trezise , Dick Roughsey , Percy Trezise (illustrator), Dick Roughsey (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1980 Z37173 1980 single work picture book children's Indigenous story
1 form y separately published work icon The Giant Devil Dingo Dick Roughsey , Connecticut : Weston Woods Studios , 1979 Z1723367 1979 single work film/TV

The Giant Devil Dingo is an adaptation of Dick Roughsey's book of the same title which retells an Aboriginal legend about Gaiya, the giant devil dingo, who once roamed the Australian wilds killing people for food, and who later, as the dog, became man's best friend and helper.
1 y separately published work icon The Turkey and the Emu Elsie Roughsey , Ted Egan , Sydney : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1978 Z830254 1978 single work prose children's dreaming story
3 5 y separately published work icon The Quinkins Percy Trezise , Dick Roughsey , Percy Trezise (illustrator), Dick Roughsey (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1978 Z667631 1978 single work picture book children's Indigenous story
4 6 y separately published work icon The Rainbow Serpent Dick Roughsey , Dick Roughsey (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1975 Z667625 1975 single work picture book children's Indigenous story This is the Aboriginal legend of the formation of the landscape on Cape York Peninsula. Goorialla, the Rainbow Serpent, was looking for his own tribe. On his travels he formed mountains, a deep gorge, and a lily lagoon called Minalinka. Eventually he found his own people. He showed them how to make headdresses of feathers and how to dance. When a big storm blew up, all the people built shelters except the Bil-bil boys. When they sought shelter in Goorialla's humpy he opened his mouth and swallowed them. Their people followed Goorialla when he left and cut him open to release the brothers who had turned into Rainbow Lorikeets. When Goorialla woke and discovered what had happened he was so incensed his rage caused the mountain to shake and thunder. He hurled parts of the mountain all over the country to form the hills and the mountains of today (Source: book).
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