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Issue Details: First known date: 1946... 1946 The Magic Snake : Being a Group of Stories for Children Concerning the Habits, Customs, Beliefs, Ceremonies, Corroborees and Legends of the Australian Aborigines
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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)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Currawong , 1946 .
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      Extent: 95 p., 1 leaf of platesp.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Includes Glossary of Warramunga Tribe [language] pp. 92-95.
    • Carlisle, Victoria Park area, South & South East Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Hesperian Press , 2013 .
      Extent: 95p.
      Note/s:
      • First published 1946 by The Currawong Publishing Company, Sydney.
      • "Australian stories of adventure and legend among the Aborigines of the Northern Territory" (Cover)
      ISBN: 9780859053716 (pbk), 0859053717 (pbk)
      Series: y separately published work icon Aboriginal Studies Series Hesperian Press , Carlisle : Hesperian Press , 1980- 9949601 1980 series - publisher biography

      These books have either total Aboriginal content, substantial Aboriginal content, or contain Aboriginal material of interest. (Hesperian Press website)

             Number in series: 78
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Subjects:
  • Northern Territory,
  • Gulf - Barkly Tablelands area, Central Northern Territory, Northern Territory,
  • Roper River area, East Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
  • South West Queensland, Queensland,
  • Katherine River, Northern Territory,
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