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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 The Two Boys and their Father
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This chapter includes three versions of the story;


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

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    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.

         Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies , 1969     pg. 46-51
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    y separately published work icon Australian Dreaming : 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History Jennifer Isaacs , Sydney : Lansdowne , 1980 Z1578549 1980 collected work (taught in 2 units)

    'Beautifully illustrated, Australian Dreaming is an Aboriginal history of the Australian continent and its people, as told by Aboriginal story-tellers. Through traditional myths and legends, it gives an explanation of the formation of the landscape and the creation of many outstanding geographical features.' (Source: TROVE)

         Sydney : Lansdowne , 1980     pg. 181-183
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