1. Cave paintings
2. Floods
3. Meteors
4. New South Wales
5. Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people (D12) (NSW SI54-03)
6. Storytelling
7. Wilcannia (NW NSW SH54-16)

This is a story from the Paakantji people of the Darling River region, including places such as Wilcannia and Bourke, told by Elsie Jones. It tells of Malkarra, who warned the people to move away because something bad was going to happen right where they were. It was a ‘falling star’, which hit the earth so hard it left a crater and killed some of the people who had ignored the warning. Then the rains came and those who survived had to relocate, walking for many miles and carrying the injured. As they journeyed they left behind rock art to tell their stories to any who followed on behind.

The interesting design of this book uses full colour photographs of real people, including Elsie Jones telling the story. Superimposed on the photos are speech bubbles, maps and drawings. There is a glossary and pronunciation guide to Paakantji words and a full list of all the people who appear in the photographs.

1. 25 Paakantyi words every muurpa should know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEuZ0QwrlJY
2. Jones, Elsie Rose (1917–1996) by Robert Lindsay http://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/jones-elsie-rose-14260
3. The Paakantyi language with Kayleen Kerwin - Endangered Languages Project http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/2564/samples/7180
4. Learning Paakantyi with Isobel Bennett - Endangered Languages Project http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/2564/samples/7123