Jill Milroy

Eagle, Crow and Emu: Bird Stories by Indigenous mother-and-daughter team Gladys and Jill Milroy presents three fantastic stories collected together for the first time. Told in the tradition of teaching stories, these avian tales take young readers on adventures of self-discovery and fulfilment, featuring endearing animal characters and exciting plot lines.

This is the story of Dingo, Wombat, Crow, and their friends as they struggle to exist alongside the devastation of mining that is tearing up their beautiful homeland. This powerful children's parable and cautionary tale on the destruction and havoc that mining causes to the land and to community is both touching and hard-hitting. The book consists of four chapters:...