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The First Sunrise is the first published Mbabaram creation story, weaving traditional knowledge and science to share meaningful lessons and insights with children.
Mbabaram creation stories focus on the beginning of lands, skies and waterways environments. This first story recounts the important task given to Kangaroo and Emu to make the first boomerang and cause the creation of day and night and the directions.
It was told to the author, Vanessa Stevens, by her father, Colin Alec Stevens (Alick Chalk) who lived traditionally in the Aboriginal Camps of Irvinebank, Bakerville and Watsonville in North Queensland, from 1901 to 1916. These stories have been passed down to Vanessa to share with others.
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