Pheasant and Kingfisher: Originally Told by Nganalgindja in the Gunwinggu Language (1987)

by Catherine Helen Berndt

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Two men escape from danger by turning into birds in this aboriginal myth from Australia which explains how the pheasant and kingfisher came into our world.

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CBCA Book of the Year (Winner – Award for New Illustrator – 1988)

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1987

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