The Giant Devil Dingo

The Giant Devil Dingo
Author Dick Roughsey
Illustrator Dick Roughsey
Cover artist Dick Roughsey
Country Australia
Language English
Subject Aboriginal Australians - Folklore. Legends - Queensland - Cape York Peninsula. Dingo - Folklore.
Genre children, legends
Publisher Collins, Sydney
Publication date
1973
Pages 34 (Hardback)
ISBN 0-17-006470-0

The Giant Devil Dingo (1973) is a picture book for children by Dick Roughsey. It describes how the dreamtime devil-dingo, Gaiya, of lower Cape York Peninsula mythology was domesticated to become man's friend and helper.

Awards, nominations, and notability

The Giant Devil Dingo has been selected for the 2010 NSW Premier's Reading Challenge,[1] and was commended in the 1974 Children's Book Council of Australia awards for Children's Picture Book of the Year.[2]

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