Yahoo Creek, an Australian mystery, Tohby Riddle
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Yahoo Creek, an Australian mystery, Tohby Riddle
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Yahoo Creek
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Tohby Riddle
Sub title
an Australian mystery
Summary
Luminous images accompanied by newspaper extracts dating back to the early 1800s and words by Ngiyampaa Elder Peter Williams explore the ongoing mystery of yahoo encounters. 'He was surprised to observe a hairy human form, about seven feet in height, walking in the bush.' Queanbeyan Age, 24 August 1886. Throughout the first century or so of Australian settlement by Europeans, the pages of colonial newspapers were haunted by reports of a bewildering phenomenon: the mysterious yahoo or hairy man ... But what was it? Yahoo Creek breathes life into this little-known piece of Australian history - which, by many accounts, is a history still in the making
Target audience
juvenile
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- Children's stories
- Animals -- Australia -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction
- Primates -- Australia -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction
- Cryptozoology -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Australian newspapers -- Juvenile fiction
- Monsters -- Australia -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction
- Australian fiction
- Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Curiosities and wonders -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- Animals, Mythical -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject12
- Children's stories
- Animals -- Australia -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction
- Primates -- Australia -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction
- Cryptozoology -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Australian newspapers -- Juvenile fiction
- Monsters -- Australia -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction
- Australian fiction
- Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Curiosities and wonders -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- Animals, Mythical -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- Content2
- Author1
- Illustrator1