y separately published work icon Walloobahl : A Story From Australia single work   picture book   Indigenous story   children's  
Note: Retold by Mollie Clarke.
Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 Walloobahl : A Story From Australia
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When the adults go hunting, the children at the camp are surprised by a strange boy, Walloobahl, who attemps to steal their food. As the children attempt to retrieve their food supplies, Walloobahl grows into a giant and escapes. On the next day, the leader of the tribe manages to stun Walloobahl who retreats into the scrub. The tribe finds a bark-lizard in his place and from then on name all bark-lizards Walloobahl.

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