1971, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Moon and rainbow : the autobiography of an Aboriginal / Dick Roughsey (Goobalathaldin). Roughsey, Dick.

Author is Ladil of Mornington Island, with conceptual beliefs, birth, edible plants, camp life, creative myths, myth of death, rainbow snake, Thuwath, marriage rules, relationships with mission staff, hunting and fishing, star myths, Dungeon hunting, commentary on wild bee's myths, ceremonial ritual of enlightenment, subcutting, myth of enlightenment representing enlightened Dammin, flood ceremony, 22 lines of rain stop song (free translation), Warren Bee tale, magic And clay as magical medicine, magic of love, legend of the moon, death and mourning, burial, investigation, spiritual beliefs, relationships with Bentynk Island, early settlements of the islands of the island, working at cattle stations and decks, with bark Pay attention to exploring rock art in P. Trezise, ​​Cooktown area; short vocabulary of Lardil's words (c.19 terms)

Dick Roughsey is an Australian artist living in the Lardil language group on Mornington Island, southeast of Carpentaria Bay, Queensland. His tribe name is Goobalathaldin, which means "sea dance" and represents "rough sea". He is a lively and superior person who is focused on restoring and protecting the cultural life of the people of Ladir. His most famous work is a series of children's picture books that reproduce traditional soil stories including Rainbow Snake.

Rauch wrote about his changing cultural environment at Moon and Rainbow (1971), the first autobiography of tribal aborigines in Australia. Elsie Roughsey also wrote her story, and indigenous mothers talked about the old and new (1984). Lafsi and Treasures used the knowledge of rock art at the Cape York Peninsula to present the story of ten popular children and announced. In most of these books, the division of labor between Roughsey and Trezise is not clear, but the first two are exclusively attributed to Roughsey. They include some of his best figurative pictures. And it represents the tribal lifestyle in the monsoon Prairie landscape aligned with powerful dreamlike creatures. In 1976 and 1979, he received the "book of children's book of this year" award.

4 6 the Rainbow Serpent Dick Rousey, Dick Rougey (illustrator), Collins, 1975 Rainbow Snake Goorialla is looking for his tribe. During his journey, he formed a mountain range called Minalinka, a deep canyon and the Yuri Lagoon. Eventually he found his own people. He taught them how to make downs and dances. When a big storm occurred, everyone except Boyville Boy built evacuation centers. When they tried to evacuate to the wetland of Goorialla, he opened his mouth and swallowed them. When he left, their people opened Goorialla, and opened him to release brothers who became Rainbow Lorikeets. When Goorialla woke up and learned what was going on, he was irritated and his anger rocked the mountain and thundered.