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Dalisa Pigram Dalisa Pigram i(6930857 works by) (a.k.a. Dalisa Pigram-Ross)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal Yawuru ; Malaysian ; Aboriginal ; Filipina
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'Dalisa Pigram became Co-Artistic Director of Marrugeku in 2009 and is a founding member and core performer with the Broome and Sydney-based contemporary intercultural performance company. She has toured extensively both overseas and throughout Australia with shows Mimi (1997), Crying Baby (2000) and Burning Daylight (2006/9). Pigram comes from the Yawuru people of Broome in the Kimberley region of WA...' (Source: Realtime website)

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y separately published work icon Country Tells Us When... Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2023 26080558 2023 single work picture book children's

'Some cultures around the world have four seasons that they look out for on a calendar; Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.

'Us Yawuru mob, we don't have four seasons that are told to us by a calendar. We have six seasons and Country tells us when they have arrived by what we feel, see, taste, smell and hear.

'Discover how the Yawuru people read the seasons in this beautifully illustrated book.' (Publication summary)
2024 longlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book designed by Mary Callahan.
2024 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Eve Pownall Award
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