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The Rainbow serpent

The story of Goorialla, the Rainbow Serpent, who shaped the mountains and rivers, and made people turn into birds, animals and plants.

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32320004953059	J398.2 ROU	Junior Non Fiction	East Maitland Library .	. On Loan .	21 Jun 2024	Select this item
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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780207174339 (pbk.)
Classification Number	J398.2 ROU
Author	Roughsey, Dick
Title	The Rainbow serpent [BK]
Edition	[New ed.]
Physical Description	color illustrations ;
Series	Premier's Reading Challenge K-2
Series	2023 Naidoc Week
Note	Picture book.
	First published: William Collins Publishers, 1975.
	Winner of the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award (B), 1976.
	The story of Goorialla, the Rainbow Serpent, who shaped the mountains and rivers, and made people turn into birds, animals and plants.
	There are innumerable names and stories associated with the Rainbow Serpent, all of which communicate the significance of this being within Aboriginal traditions. Dreamtime stories tell how the Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, mountains and gorges as it pushed upward.
Subject	Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature
	Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature
	Aboriginal Australians
	Tales
	Tales -- Australia
	Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
	Tales -- Australia -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature
	Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature
	Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature
	Australia

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