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y separately published work icon Gelam the Man from Moa : A Legend of the People of the Torres Strait Islands single work   children's fiction   children's   Indigenous story  
Alternative title: Gelam: The Man from Moa
Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Gelam the Man from Moa : A Legend of the People of the Torres Strait Islands
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    • Broome, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,: Magabala Books , 1993 .
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      Image courtesy of Magabala Books
      Extent: 76p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • On reverse side of the title page there is a note: 'There are many versions to the legend of Gelam. This one was told to me at the age of nine by my mother's relatives Aka Urga and Aunty Zenna of Kubin Villiage, Moa Island, Western Torres Strait.'
      ISBN: 75641092 (pbk.)
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  • Mua Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
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