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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Rainbow Bird : An Aboriginal Folktale from Northern Australia
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Notes

  • An Aboriginal fire legend of the Dalabon people of Beswick Reserve, telling how Bird Woman stole fire from Crocodile Man, and at the same time, turned herself into the beautiful Rainbow Bird.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Frances Lincoln ,
      1993 .
      Extent: 1 vol. (unpaged)p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0711207852
    • Boston, Massachusetts,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Little, Brown ,
      1993 .
      Extent: 24p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0316543144 (hbk)
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Frances Lincoln ,
      1996 .
      Extent: 1. vol.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0711208980
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Frances Lincoln ,
      2000 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Reprinted: 2003
      ISBN: 0711216215 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Regnbuefuglen : et folkesagn fra Nordaustralien
Language: Danish
    • Skanderborg, Aarhus,
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      Denmark,
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      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Klematis ,
      1993 .
      Extent: 28p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 8777213300
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