The Rainbow Snake
In the time before water flowed across the land, the earth lay parched and broken beneath an unforgiving sun. The East Sepik region of
Crocodile: The Master of the Water
In the time when the world was still finding its shape and all creatures were learning their places in creation, humans and crocodiles lived
The Proud Cassowary
In the time before memory, when the world was still learning its shape and the mountains of Papua New Guinea touched the clouds with
Tamoa and the Moon Shell
In the time before the moon existed, when the world was divided sharply between the blazing day and the impenetrable night, the people of
The Speaking Fish and the Coconut
In the days when the islands were young and the world still held more magic than memory, there lived a man whose heart was
The Cassowary Woman
In the time before time had a name, when the boundary between human and animal was as thin as morning mist, and when all
Sia and the Fire People
In the beginning, when the world was newly born and still finding its shape, the people of the lowlands lived in a twilight world
Baiame and Man
After Baiame had shaped the mountains and the rivers, the plains and the forests, he looked upon the land and saw that it was
Baiame: The Sky Father of Australia’s Dreamtime
In the beginning there was sky and quiet and the slow breath of possibility. The world lay flat and empty. The sea kept its
The Stars over Dauan Island
Long ago, before fishermen used stars to steer, the sky was a dark canvas without pattern. The people of Dauan Island fished by memory,
