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Early Stage One and Stage One

Note that some of these resources will be also suitable for Stage Two and Stage Three

Title: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resource Pack for Teachers
- How the Kangaroos Got their Tails*
- How the Birds Got their Colours*
- Why the Emu Can't Fly*
Publisher: Lindfield, NSW: Ashton Scholastic, 1993
Call #: 306.0899915 46
*Note: Titles are also availabe in big book format. They are housed at Fisher Curriculum Charts at the same call number.

Title: Dunbi the Owl
Author: Lofts, Pamela
Publisher: Sydney: Ashton Scholastic, 1983
Call #:398.2049915 2

Title: When the Snake Bites the Sun
Author: Lofts, Pamela
Publisher: Sydney: Ashton Scholastic, 1984
Call #:398.2049915 7

Title: The Echidna and the Shade Tree
Author: Lofts, Pamela
Publisher: Sydney: Ashton Scholastic, 1984
Call #:398.2049915 8

Title: Warnayarra: the Rainbow Snake
Author: Lofts, Pamela
Publisher: Sydney: Ashton Scholastic, 1987
Call #:398.2049915 10

Title: The Kangaroo and the Porpoise: an Aboriginal Story
Author: Lippo, Agnes
Publisher: Sydney: Ashton Scholastic, 1987
Call #:398.2049915 11

Title: The Bat and the Crocodile: An Aboriginal Story
Author: Dolumyu, Jacko
Publisher: Sydney: Ashton Scholastic, 1987
Call #:398.2049915 12

Title: How the kangaroos got their Tails: An Aboriginal Story
Author: Mung Mung, George Lirrmiyarri
Publisher: Sydney: Ashton Scholastic, 1987
Call #:398.2049915 13

Title: Winin: Why the Emu Cannot Fly
Author: Charles, Mary Carmel
Publisher: Broome: Magabala Books, 1993
Call #:398.2049915 27

Title: Dunbi: A Traditional story
Author: Utemorrah, Daisy
Publisher: East Perth: Aboriginal Education Resources Unit, 1983
Call #:398.2049915 35

Title: The Fastest Bird
Author: Juboy, Wally & Lindsay, Geoffery
Publisher: Sydney: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987
Call #:398.2049915 45

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Title: Aboriginal Tales
Author: Barnes, Victor & English, Hal
Publisher: Sydney: Golden Press, 1972
Call #:398.2089991 1

Title: The Budara Story
Author: Boddington, Ross
Publisher: Broome, WA: Magabala Books, 1996
Call #:398.2089991 5

Title:The Secret of Dreaming
Author: Poulter, Jim
Publisher: Templestowe, VIC: Red Hen Enterprises, 1988
Call #:398.2089991 7

Title: Moon Man [book + audio cassette + teacher's notes]
Author: Coulthard, Terrence
Publisher: Sydney: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987
Call #:398.20994 37 B

Title: Why the Emu Can't Fly [book + audio cassette]
Author: O'Brien, May
Publisher: Jolimont, WA: Narkaling Productions, 1992
Call #:398.20994 63 A

Title: What Made Tiddalik Laugh
Author: Troughton, Joanna
Publisher: West Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia, 1977
Call #:398.20994 83

Title: The Turkey and the Emu
Author: Roughsey, Elsie
Impritn: Sydney: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Group, 1978
Call #:398.20994 90

Title: Mununja the Butterfly
Author: Bell, Don
Publisher: East Corrimal, NSW: C. Illert, 1999
Call #:398.20994 101

Title: Bittangabee Tribe: An Aboriginal Story from Coastal New South Wales
Author: Cruse, Berly
Publisher: Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 1994
Call #:398.209944 2

Title: Wargan the Crow: A Hawkesbury Story
Author: Laws, Cindy
Publisher: Annandale, NSW: Envirobook, 2002
Call #:398.2452886 3

Title: Kootear the Echidna: A Hawkesbury Story
Author: Laws, Cindy
Publisher: Annandale, NSW: Envirobooks, 2002
Call #:398.2452929 1

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