The nargun and the stars is a childrens fantasy novel set in australia written by patricia wrightson it was among the first australian books for children to draw on australian aboriginal mythology. The nargun is a rock like being disturbed by a bulldozer and grader the boy who lives on his familys station discovers that this ancient being has woken up and is not in a good mood a pot koorock a mischievious but helpful froglike creature comes to talk to him and tells him about the nargun. The nargun and the stars is a childrens fantasy novel set in australia but instead of the european fairy folk who are too delicate for our rugged country author patricia wrightson uses our homegrown dreamtime bush creatures far more suited to the land. The nargun and the stars patricia wrightson snippet view 1975 nargun and the stars patricia wrightson no preview available 2015 the nargun and the stars patricia wrightson no preview available 2009 common terms and phrases. The nargun and the stars is probably the best written of wrightsons books and i scheduled it as a family read aloud as part of jemimahs ao8 its the story of simon brent who is sent to live with his elderly cousins charlie and edie on the death of his parents in a car accident