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'Why Brolga Has Only Two Chicks' is from the Wik-Munkan, on of the Aboriginal groups who live on the west side of Cape York Peninsula in Northern Queensland. The brolga and the emu are two of the Wik-mumkan's ancestral spirits.' (Back cover)

'How the Kaaloo Set the Waters Flowing is an Aboriginal legend. It tells of how, back in the days of the great ancestor spirits, Kaaloo, the tiny snow-white rat, set the waters free to flow in the land of the Gulngai people, in the Tully area south of Cairns in Queensland.' (Back cover)

'A story from the Pitta-Pitta people who own the land around Boulia, a town in Far Western Queensland. It tells of how red tit came to have a red head and breast and brown tit a flattened head and beak.' (Back cover)

'Gurangatch and Mirragan is a story from the Gandangarra tribe who live by the Wollondilly River in New South Wales. This story tells of how Gurangatch made the rivers and valleys of the southern highlands of New South Wales.' (Back cover)

'Emu and Brolga is an Aboriginal story from the Nunggubuyu people. The Nunggubuyu people own the country near Numbulwar on the eastern coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory' (Back cover)

'Emu, Gecko and the Little Boy is a Nunggubuyu story from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. The Nunggubuyu people own the country near Numbulwar on the eastern coast of Arnhem Land near Groote Island.' (Back cover)

Long ago, when the great spirit ancestors were making the land, two spirit brother lived in north-west Victoria. They were the brave warriors Barmbarmbult. This story recounts one of their many adventures.' (Back cover)