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wizard in Australian Fairy Tales

hrough the garden they advanced Making for the Lawn! On they came! The Emus stately, Proudly, quietly, sedately; Followed by the Herons fine! Wombats, Wallabys and Dingoes; Grey Companion-Flamingoes;— ’Keets and Lories line on line! Woolly Bears and ’Possums grey; Singing birds and birds of prey; P…

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1,409
Year
1,925
Source
Project Gutenberg Australia
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Record ID
1409
Source
Project Gutenberg Australia
Publication
Australian Fairy Tales and related Australian tale books; Hume Cook / Ethel Buckland
Published
1925
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
wizard
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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Publicness
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hrough the garden they advanced Making for the Lawn! On they came! The Emus stately, Proudly, quietly, sedately; Followed by the Herons fine! Wombats, Wallabys and Dingoes; Grey Companion-Flamingoes;— ’Keets and Lories line on line! Woolly Bears and ’Possums grey; Singing birds and birds of prey; Platypuses; blue-tongued Lizards; Mallee Hens, and Bower-Bird wizards,— Hiding all they find away! Cockatoos, white, black and pink; Kestrels, Kites and Shrikes and Bats; Flying Foxes; Native Cats; Plovers from the Marsh’s brink! Kangaroos, like tall men walking; Cassowarys gravely stalking; Falcons black, and Wedge-tailed Eagles,—.

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