Title The Red Chief : as told by the last of his tribe / by Ion Idriess

Published Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1953 ©1953

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	827.02 I214 A6/R		AVAILABLE

Description xxiv, 226 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm Summary Popularized story of the activities and campaigns of Red Kangaroo (Cumbo Gunnerah) who was a Gamilaraay (Kamilaroi) warrior chief and flourished in the Coonabarabran / Gunnedah area c.1745, as told by Bungaree of the Gunnedah, N.S.W. district; based on notes by J.P. and Stan Ewing; exhumation of his skeleton c.1887 Notes Novels in English. Australian writers, 1890-1945. Special subject: New South Wales. Gunnedah region. Aboriginal tales and legends Subject Bungaree, -1830. Gunnerah, Cumbo, approximately 1680-approximately 1745 Red Kangaroo (Australian Chief) Aboriginal Australians -- Biography. Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Gunnedah Region (N.S.W.) -- Folklore Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Legends. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Religion. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Gunnedah Region -- Folklore Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Gunnedah Region -- Legends Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Gunnedah Region Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Gunnedah region -- Biography Kamilaroi (Australian people) Australia -- Description and travel. Genre/Form Fiction. Biographies.

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