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'Tjawa Tjawa Songline follows a group of women in search of husbands, travelling from Roebourne all the way to Kiwikurra in the Great Sandy Desert to the south of Balgo. A long journey with many stories along the way about how the women came to their end, only to come alive again and continue to travel the lands.' (Source : Screen Australia website)
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'Songline custodian Mark Moora was born at Kiyarr in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. He grew up in Old Balgo (Wirrimanu Community) where he attended the Pallottine Mission School for five years. Mark wanted to record the Tjawa Tjawa songline in order to reconnect his people to their country and hold this story strong for future generations.'
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Subjects:
- Roebourne, Pilbara area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
- Kiwikurra, Gibson Desert, Central desert areas, Western Australia,
- Balgo Mission (1939-1975), Central desert areas, Western Australia,
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