Picture books on video. - Volume 2 = Turramulli and the giant Quinkin

Australia, 1987

Film

Three Aboriginal Dreamtime stories. “Turramulli the giant Quinkin” and “Banana Bird and the Snake men” are both written by Percy Trezise, illustrated by Dick Roughsey and narrated by Bob Maza. “The Frog and the pelican” is written by Des O’Brien. The stories are narrated with background music as the illustrations are shown on screen.

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Credits

director

Catharine Campbell

Cathy Miller

production company

Video Classroom

Duration

00:22:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303162

Language

English

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Legends

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Religion

Adaptations

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Aboriginal Australians - Legends

Childrens Films

History → Aboriginal Australians - Legends

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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