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How early Australian fairy tales displaced Aboriginal people with mythical creatures and fantasies of empty land

  • Written by Michelle Smith, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University
How early Australian fairy tales displaced Aboriginal people with mythical creatures and fantasies of empty landA prince flies in a carriage propelled by kingfishers in Hume Cook's Australian Fairytales.Author provided

Content warning: this article contains reference to racist depictions of Aboriginal Australians.

Most of us grew up reading fairy tales adapted from the European tradition: stories of kings, queens and princesses set in palaces and forests,...

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