How the Cockatoo Got White Feathers single work   prose   children's   Indigenous story   dreaming story  
Note: 'A story from Newcastle Waters, told to Connie Kelly by her Aunt.' (p. [30])
Issue Details: First known date: 1968... 1968 How the Cockatoo Got White Feathers
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The very old man told his children to stay away from the river on the other side of the waterhole. The eldest son, who wore white paint on his body, disobeyed his father and got lost near the river. A strange bird caught him, and he found his paint turning to feathers and claws growing on his feet. When the old man saw two birds flying above him, he knew his son had been turned into a cockatoo.

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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. 23-30
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