The Tale of a Head single work   short story   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1930... 1930 The Tale of a Head
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German bone collector asks aboriginal helper to find him another head after unearthing a skeleton, and is presented with fresh head of another aboriginal. Provider, unable to see what he has done wrong in fulfilling white man's request, is eventually tried and freed.

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    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 20 February 1930 Z1406478 1930 newspaper issue 1930 pg. 6
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