Why The Crow Is Black single work   prose   children's   Indigenous story   dreaming story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1936... 1936 Why The Crow Is Black
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When the greedy crow refuses to share his food with the hungry hawk, they fight until the crow is thrown into the hot ashes of the fire. His decendants are black to remind them that the first crow broke his promise to the hawk.

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b & w illus. (p.31) 'Fishing spear. Spears similar to this were used in many parts of Australia.'
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