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Stage Two and Stage Three
Note that some resources listed in the Early Stage One and Stage One list will also be appropriate for Stage Two and Three students.Title: The Rainbow Serpent
Author: Roughsey, Dick
Publisher: Sydney: Collins, 1975
Call no: 299.9 23
Title: Banana Bird and the Snake Men
Author: Trezise, Percy & Roughsey, Dick
Publisher: Sydney: Collins, 1980
Call no: 299.92 6
Title: Turramulli and Giant Quinkin
Author: Trezise, Percy & Roughsey, Dick
Publisher: Sydney: Collins, 1982
Call no: 299.92 11
Title: Gidja
Author: Trezise, Percy & Roughsey, Dick
Publisher: Sydney: Collins, 1984
Call #:299.92 18
Title: The Birorrk. Our Ancestors of the Dreaming
Author: Gulpilil
Publisher: Cheltenham, Vic: L&S Publishing, 1983
Call #:299.9215 8
Title: The Bawoo stories: texts and materials for Aboriginal studies
- Why the Emu Can't Fly*
- Barn Barn Barlala, the Bush Trickster*
- How the Crow became Black*
- The Kanagaroos who wanted to be People*
Publisher: South Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Cantre Press, 1992
Call #:305.89915 482
*Note: Teaching ideas are also available
Title: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resource Pack for Teachers
- My Dreaming is the Christmas Bird
- Barn-Barn Barlala*
- How the Kangaroos Got their Tails*
- Tucker's Mob*
- Pigs and Honey* [book + cassette]
- Going for Oysters*
- Enora the Black Crane* [book + cassette]
- How the Birds Got their Colours*
- Pheasant and Kingfisher*
- Why the Emu Can't Fly*
- Warnayarra- The Rainbow Snake*
Publisher: Lindfield, NSW: Ashton Scholastic, 1993
Call #:306.0899915 46
*Note: Titles are also available in big book format, which are housed at Fisher Curriculum Charts at the same call number.
Title: Aboriginal Dreaming stories
Publisher: Adelaide: Education Department od South Australia, 1988
Call #:372.83043 6
Title: Didane the Koala: from the Legend of the Bidjara People of the Upper Warrego
Author: Walsh, Grahame
Publisher: St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1985
Call #:398.2049915 9
Title: This is the Dreaming
Author: Ellis, Jean, A
Publisher: North Blackburn: Collins Dove, 1994
Call #:398.2049915 25
Title: The Opal that Turned into Fire: and other stories from the Wangkumara
Publisher: Broome, WA: Magabala Book, 1994
Call no:398.2049915 26
Title: Gelam the Man form Moa: a Legend of the People of the Torres Strait Islands
Author: Gela, Anne Abednego
Publisher: Broome, Magabala Books, 1993
Call #:398.2049915 29
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Title: Bundoola: A Traditional Dreaming Story from the South CoastAuthor: Brown, George
Publisher: Pascoe Vale South: INT Press, 1994
Call #:398.2049915 30
Title: Stories form Aboriginal Dreamtime
Author: Ellis, Jean
Publisher: Beverley Hill, NSW: JW Playway Distributor, 1983
Call #:398.2049915 34
Title: Wanjurna (The Wandjina and the Other Stories from Worrorra Folklore)
Author: Utemorrah, Daisy
Publisher: Halls Creek, WA: Kimberley Language Resource Centre, 2000
Call #:398.2049915 38
Title: Worrorra Lalai (Worrorra Dreamtime Stories)
Author: Utemorrah, Daisy
Publisher: Halls Creek, WA: Kimberley Language Resource Centre, 2000
Call #:398.2049915 39
Title: Kupi Kupi and the Girl ( Tjurkupa kungka manu kupi-kupitjara)
Author: Punytjina Burton, Daphne
Publisher: Broome: Magabala Books, 2002
Call #:398.2049915 42
Title: About this Little Devil and his Little Fella
Author: Barunga, Albert & Dowling, Julie
Publisher: Broome: Magabala Books, 1999
Call #:398.2049915 43
Title: The Goori Goori Bird
Author: Walsh, Grahame
Publisher: St Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press, 1984
Call #:398.208999 1
Title: Tjarany: tjaranykura tjukurrpa ngaanpa lakkinpa wangka tjukurrtjanu (Roughtail: the Dreaming of the Roughtail Lizard)
Author: Greene, Gracie
Publisher: Broome, WA: Magabala Books, 1992
Call #:398.2089991 2
Title: Dirrangun
Author: Bancroft, Bronwyn
Publisher: Pymble, NSW: Angus & Robertson, 1994
Call #:398.208991 3
Title: Joe Nangan's Dreaming: Aboriginal Legends of the North-West
Author: Nangan, Joe
Publisher: West Melbourne, VIC: T Nelson (Australia), 1976
Call #:398.2089991 6
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Title: The First Sunrise: Australian Aboriginal Myths in PaintingsAuthor: Roberts, Ainslie & Mountford, Charles P.
Publisher: Adelaide: Rigby, 1971
Call #:398.20994 25
Title: Aboriginal Myths, Legends & Fables
Author: Reed, A.W.
Publisher: London: Reed New Holland, 1999
Call #:398.20994 30 A
Title: Kwork Kwork the Green Frog and Other Tales from the Spirit Time
Publisher: Canberra: Aunstralian National University Press, 1977
Call no:398.20994 32
Title: Gulpili's Stories of the Dreamtime
Author: Gulpili
Publisher: Sydney: Collins, 1979
Call #:398.20994 36
Title: The Magpie and the Crow [book + audio cassette]
Author: Coulthard, Terrence
Publisher: Sydney: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987
Call #:398.20994 37 A
Title: Yulu's Coal [book + audio cassette + teacher's notes
Author: Coulthard, Terrence
Publisher: Marrickville, NSW: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987
Call #:398.20994 37 C
Title: Milbi: Aboriginal Tales from Queensland's Endeavour River
Author: Gordon, Tulo
Publisher: Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1980
Call #:398.20994 46
Title: Tjuma: Stories from the Western Desert
Author: Glass Aymee & Newberry, Dorothy
Publisher: North Sydney: Austrlian Arts board of the Australia Council for the Warburton Community Inc., 1979
Call #:398.20994 46
Title: Pheasant and Kingfisher
Author: Berndt, Catherine Helen
Publisher: Gosford, NSW: Ashton Scholastic, 1987
Call #:398.20994 48
Title: Djugurba: Tales from the Spirit Time
Publisher: Canberra: Aunstralian National University Press, 1974
Call #:398.20994 53
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Title: Wunambi the Water Snake [book + audio cassette]Publisher: Jolimont: Markaling Productions, 1994
Call #:398.20994 60 A
Title: Home of the Kadimakara People
Author: Trezise, Percy
Publisher: Pymble: Angus & Robertson, 1996
Call #:398.20994 92 A
Title: Home of the Kadimakara People
Author: Trezise, Percy
Publisher: Pymble, NSW: Angus & Robertson, 1996
Call #:398.20994 92
398.20994 92 A
Title: Land of the Dingo People
Author: Trezise, Percy
Publisher: Pymble, NSW: HarperCollins, 1997
Call #:398.20994 95
Title: Land of the Emu People
Author: Trezise, Percy
Publisher: Pymble: HarperCollins, 1998
Call #:398.20994 99
Title: Land of the Snake People
Author: Trezise, Percy
Publisher: Pymble: Angus & Roberston, 2000
Call #:398.20994 104
Title: Land of the Kangaroo People
Author: Trezise, Percy
Publisher: Pymble: HarperCollins, 2001
Call #:398.20994 105
Title: Land of the Magpie Goose People
Author: Trezise, Percy
Publisher: Pymble: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997
Call #:398.20994 106
Title: Aboriginal legends: animal tales
Author: Reed, A.W.
Publisher: Frenchs Forest, NSW: Reed New Holland, 1999
Call #:398.20994 108
Title: Jirrbal: Rainforest Dreamtime Stories
Authors: Barlow, Maisie (Yarrcali) & Anning, Michael (Boiyool)
Publisher: Broome: Magabala Books, 2001
Call #:398.20994 116
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Title: Kun-man-gur, the Rainbow SerpentAuthor: Cowan,James
Publisher: Mount Kuing-gai, NSW: Peribo PTY LTD., 2000
Call #:398.2099429 5
Title: xBlack Duck and Water Rat
Author: Trezise, Percy
Publisher: Sydney: Collins, 1988
Call #:398.2450991
Title: The Story of the Falling Star
Author: Jones, Elsie
Publisher: Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 1989
Call #:398.260994 1
Title: The Rainbow Serpent
Author: Noonuccal, Oodgeroo & Noonuccal Oodgeroo, Kabul
Publisher: Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988
Call #:398.46 1
Title: The Giant Devil Dingo
Author: Roughsey, Dick
Publisher: Syndey: Collins, 1973
Call #:A 823.91 R8561 J1 1
Title: The Cave Painters
Author: Trezise, Percy
Publisher: Sydney: Collins, 1988
Call #:A 823.91 T818 J3 1
Title: The Flying Fox Warriors
Author: Trezise, Percy
Sydney: Collins, 1985
Call #:A 823.91 T818 J4 1
Title: Collecting colour
Author: Dunston, Kylie
Sydney: Lothian Children's Books, 2008
Call #:A 823.92 D9261 J1 1
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