Land of the Dingo people / by Percy Trezise

By:

Trezise, Percy

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Harper Collins Publisher, 1997 Edition: This edition published in 2015Description: 30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cmISBN:

9780207198663

Subject(s):

Aboriginal -- Indigenous -- picture book

DDC classification:

398.20994

LOC classification:

Contents:

Summary: Three Kadimakara children are washed up in the land of the Dingo People. the Dingo People want to help them find their way home and lead Jadianta, Lande and Jalmor to the river. Suddenly a crocodile rears up and takes one of the Dingo children. Jadianta, Lande and Jalmor survive and are now in the land of the Magpie Goose. It has been suggested by scientists that during the Ice Age, the Gulf of Carpentaria dried up forming a land bridge between Australia and New Guinea. Aboriginal oral history also recalls a huge shallow lake; the aquatic life, people and events forming part of the legends. Percy trezise has told many stories about these legends.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Footprints International School Library Network Toul Kork Campus TK Primary Library Room(4th Floor), Bookcase 5&6, Shelves 33-56, Orange Books	Juvenile Fiction	TRE 398.20994 PZ7 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	2025-0727

Three Kadimakara children are washed up in the land of the Dingo People. the Dingo People want to help them find their way home and lead Jadianta, Lande and Jalmor to the river. Suddenly a crocodile rears up and takes one of the Dingo children. Jadianta, Lande and Jalmor survive and are now in the land of the Magpie Goose. It has been suggested by scientists that during the Ice Age, the Gulf of Carpentaria dried up forming a land bridge between Australia and New Guinea. Aboriginal oral history also recalls a huge shallow lake; the aquatic life, people and events forming part of the legends. Percy trezise has told many stories about these legends.

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