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1 1 y separately published work icon 'Mr. Bunyip', or, Mary Somerville's Ramble : A Story for Children J. R. Lockeyear , Collingwood : Henry S. Dawson , 1871 Z962338 1871 single work children's fiction children's While strolling along the banks of the Murray River, young Mary Somerville meets a bunyip who gives her some sage advice in the form of moral tales about people from her local community. While the bunyip claims fairness towards all who do good, his representations of Indigenous Australians reflect the paternalistic attitudes of the time.
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