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Henry Rankine Henry Rankine i(A125180 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Ngarrindjeri ; Aboriginal
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1 y separately published work icon Kondili (The Whale) Henry Rankine , 2007 8396095 2007 single work prose dreaming story

This story begins when the Ramindjeri (Ngarrindjeri) people had no fire and therefore had to dance in the daytime. The people knew that Kondili, the whale man, was the only person who had fire and they planned to obtain it from him. People came from many directions to attend the meeting and they chose their ground for dancing. The dancing went on and on. At last Kondili, the whale, danced and as he did so, sparks came from his body.
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