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y separately published work icon Black Beginnings : A Creation Fable single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Black Beginnings : A Creation Fable
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'Set in the day of creation on which the birds were created and decked out in their finery, this story tells how the last bird to turn up impudently attempts to wheedle colours and combinations out of the Great Earth Spirit, even though it has been offered only a choice of black or white.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Dangar, Scone - Aberdeen area, Upper Hunter area, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales,: Catchfire Press , 1998 .
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      Series: y separately published work icon Seamark Dangar : Catchfire Press , 1998- Z1051157 1998 series - publisher Number in series: 2
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