The cockatoo man / Alison Giles.
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TextPublisher: Mascot, New South Wales : Click-Cloud Publishing, 2015Copyright date: ©2015. Description: 69 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780994204936Subject(s): Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Juvenile fiction | Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Juvenile fiction | Literature and stories - Juvenile | Religion - Dreaming | Religion - Dreaming - Ancestor spirits | Religion - Dreaming - Devils, monsters, evil spirits | Social organisation - Avoidance rules | Animals - Birds - Parrots | Environment - Climate and weather - Storms | Art - Rock art - Painting | Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) | Australian fiction | Australian fiction | Quests (Expeditions) | Quests (Expeditions) -- Juvenile fiction | Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) | Kimberley (W.A.) -- Juvenile fiction | Kimberley (W.A.) -- Fiction | Kimberley (W.A.) -- Juvenile fiction | Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51, SE52) | Western Australia -- Kimberley | Kimberley (W.A.) -- Juvenile fiction | Australian | AustralianGenre/Form: Children’s stories | Juvenile works. | Fiction. DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: Annotation. The best thing about living in the Kimberley is fossicking around in the bush. Eleven-year-old Binnu sees himself as one of the community's most accurate and deadly hunters, and with his 'ging' in his pocket he's prepared for anything. When, unthinkingly, he kills a native cockatoo he brings all kinds of trouble down on himself. Grandfather, as ancient as the land itself, is the only person who can help him, so the two of them begin their trek up into the tropical gorges to put things right. Will Binnu ever be free of that which haunts him?
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Annotation. The best thing about living in the Kimberley is fossicking around in the bush. Eleven-year-old Binnu sees himself as one of the community's most accurate and deadly hunters, and with his 'ging' in his pocket he's prepared for anything. When, unthinkingly, he kills a native cockatoo he brings all kinds of trouble down on himself. Grandfather, as ancient as the land itself, is the only person who can help him, so the two of them begin their trek up into the tropical gorges to put things right. Will Binnu ever be free of that which haunts him?
For primary school age.
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