The Stone Axe of Burkamukk 1922 is a collection of Aboriginal legends by Mary Grant Bruce. The product of extensive research on the Aboriginal peoples of Gippsland Victoria Bruces collection was intended to educate Australian settlers regarding the traditions of those they had displaced. Despite drawing criticism for her use of racist stereotypes Bruces hope was that her work would force her fellow settlers to ampampquotsee that they were boys and girls men and women not so unlike us in many ways and that they could admire what we admire in each other.ampampquot Recognizing her prejudices as a product of her time one can appreciate The Stone Axe of Burkamukk as a record of Aboriginal tales as well as the writers status in settlercolonial society.