Why All the Animals Peck at the Selfish Owl : The Coming of the Light single work   prose   dreaming story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1924... 1924 Why All the Animals Peck at the Selfish Owl : The Coming of the Light
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The story of the Bat tribe, who stood alone and did not enter into any disputes. However, one day the Chief of the bat tribe was forced to enter into a battle between the animal tribe and bird tribe.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines David Unaipon , 1924-1925 6043804 1924 single work prose Indigenous story

    This manuscript contains the original works of David Unaipon's Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines.

         1924-1925
    Note:

    Hand written title: Why Animals peaked at Owl, the Coming of Light.

    This loose leaf section is numbered 24: 1-6.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines Myths & Legends of the Australian Aboriginals Alice Bolingbroke Woodward (illustrator), W. Ramsay Smith , David Unaipon , London : Harrap , 1930 6080162 1930 selected work prose dreaming story

    This 1930s publication describes the legends of the Australian Aborigines located in the southeast corner of Australia near the Murray River. It covers a range of narratives from the creation stories to those of witchcraft, and explanations of landmarks. (Source: Preface).

         London : Harrap , 1930     pg. 94-99
    Note: With title: The Selfish Owl
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines David Unaipon , 1924-1925 Z900600 1924 selected work prose dreaming story (taught in 1 units)

    Originally written in the 1920s by David Unaipon. The original work was edited by W. Ramsay Smith and published in 1930 credited to W. Ramsay Smith as Myths & Legends of the Australian Aboriginals, without acknowledgement of Unaipon's authorship. Shoemaker and Muecke republished it in 2001 under Unaipon's name and original title.

    AustLit uses the original Unaipon title as the main title showing Ramsay Smith's title as an alternative title on those editions published prior to the restitution edition.

         Melbourne : Melbourne University Press , 2001     pg. 159-163
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Dawn: A Magazine for the Aboriginal People of N.S.W. vol. 4 no. 4 1955 6100370 1955 periodical issue pg. 16-17
    Note:

    With title: Why All The Animals Peck At The Selfish Owl.

    Editors' Note: This is one of the Aboriginal legends told to author Michael Sawtell, by David Unaipon, Australia's best-educated full-blood.
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