The European Invasion & Colonization
The New Dreaming
Reconciliation - a poem
Color Plates - photographs (8 pages of color plates)
The Tales (32)
Story 1. The Beginning - a Creation story from the Island of Tasmania. (Pauline E. McLeod)
Story 2. Brolga - a bird story from the Darling River plains of New South Wales. (Pauline E. McLeod)
Story 3. Waratah - a flower story from the Illawarra region of New South Wales. (Pauline E. McLeod)
Story 4. Marmoo and Biami - an insect story from Blue Mountains region, New South Wales. (Pauline E. McLeod)
Story 5. First Platypus - from top end of the Darling River region, Northern New South Wales (June E. Barker)
Story 6. Myee, the Bogong Moth Woman - from the Albury region, New South Wales (Francis Firebrace)
Story 7. How the Kangaroo got her Pouch - from Wiradjuri people, New South Wales (Pauline E. McLeod)
Story 8. The Fire Keeper - a Northern Territory story (Francis Firebrace)
Story 9. Didgeridoo - a Gulf country story, from the Northern Territory (Francis Firebrace)
Story 10. Murray Cod - a map story from the Murray River basin of New South Wales/Victoria (Pauline. E. McLeod)
Story 11. The Birth of the Butterflies - from the Murray Basin, (June E. Barker) - when death came into the world
Story 12. The Bunyip in the Forest - an original scary story, from Victoria, (Francis Firebrace)
Story 13. The Whale Man and his Canoe - from the Northern Territory (Francis Firebrace) - a story believed to have originated during the last Ice Age
Story 14. Frog and Lyrebird; from the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. (Pauline E. McLeod)
Story 15. The Little Flying Fox, a New South Wales, North Coast Story. (Pauline E. McLeod)
Story 16. Girilambone: the Place of Falling Stars - from Northwestern New South Wales. (June E. Barker)
Story 17. Special Platypus - from the Central Coast of New South Wales (Pauline E. McLeod)
Story 18. Lumarai, the Mother Snake - a Rainbow Serpent story, from the Northern Territory (Francis Firebrace)
Story 19. Kookaburra - Goo-Goor-gaga - from New South Wales. (Pauline E. McLeod)
Story 20. Koolah - How the Koala Lost His Tail - from Northwestern New South Wales (June E. Barker)
Story 21. Belah, the Sun Woman - from South Australia (Francis Firebrace)
Story 22. Boomerang - from Uluru, (Ayers Rock) Northern Territory (Francis Firebrace)
Story 23. Goolbree - How the Emu Lost Its Wings - Northern New South Wales (June E. Barker)
Story 24. Tidalik - A giant frog story from the Murray River region of New South Wales / Victoria (Pauline E. McLeod)
Story 25. How the Night Owl Came to be - from Northwestern New South Wales, (June E. Barker
Story 26. Djididjidi and Kuburi - from Western Australia (Francis Firebrace)
Story 27. Pikkuw, The Crocodile - from The Northern Territory, (Francis Firebrace)
Story 28. The Desert Pea - from the Central Desert Region (Francis Firebrace)
Story 29. How the Birds Got Their Colours - A Wiradjuri Story from New South Wales (Pauline E. McLeod)
Story 30. The Min Min Light from Northwestern New South Wales (June E. Barker)
Story 31. Wambayah, the Turtle - from Northwestern New South Wales, (June E. Barker)
Story 32. The Little Koala and the Bunyip - from Queensland, (Francis Firebrace)
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