The Goori Goori Bird

A retelling of an Aboriginal legend from Queensland in which the child-stealing Goori Goori bird meets his match in the boy Wangurd and the punishment for his misdeeds creates the Milky Way.

Publisher: UQP
Date Published: 1985
Book Condition: Good hardcover in a dust jacket showing minor edge wear. The boards are in very good condition. The front pastedownn has had some contact with moisture which has caused some rippling along the bottom edge, the top edge and a small spot in the centre. The back pastedown has a small lifted ripple in the centre. There is no staining to the paper. The body of the book has some minor ripple from moisture along the bottom and top edges. Otherwise, the pages remain stain free, clean and unmarked.