A Story about Emu single work   prose   children's   Indigenous story   dreaming story  
Note: 'A story from Port Keats, told to Sister Clare by Sister Camilla Mary, who heard it from the old people' (p. [22])
Issue Details: First known date: 1968... 1968 A Story about Emu
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Emu loved flying all over the world. Sometimes he came to the ground to rest. One day when he was sleeping, an old man came along looking for food. The old man tried to catch Emu, but Emu escaped, leaving the old man with a handful of feathers. This is why Emu cannot fly.

Notes

  • It is probable that 'Sister Clare' and 'Sister Camilla Mary' belonged to the Sisters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, who joined a Roman Catholic mission and established a school in the Port Keats/Wadeye area from 1939.

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    y separately published work icon Aboriginal Children's Stories W. D. Nicol (editor), E. C. Nicol (editor), Darwin : Northern Territory Administration , 1968 Z1423886 1968 anthology prose children's Indigenous story dreaming story A collection of stories retold by the Aboriginal teaching assistants of Kormilda College, Darwin, with acknowledgement to original story-tellers and collectors of Indigenous stories. Darwin : Northern Territory Administration , 1968 pg. 19-22
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