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Djan'palil Djan'palil i(A122603 works by)
Gender: Unknown
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 y separately published work icon Mr Robertsonnha walal dharpungal The Spearing of Mr Robertson Djan'palil , Milingimbi : Milingimbi Literature Production Centre , 1982 Z1759635 1982 single work prose Indigenous story
1 The Bush Cockroach Makes the Saltwater Djan'palil , 1980 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Australian Dreaming : 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History 1980; (p. 126-127)
1 y separately published work icon Boḏuk Bush Cockroach Djan'palil , Dick Yambal (illustrator), Mätjarra (translator), Milingimbi : Milingimbi Literature Production Centre , 1978 8215377 1978 single work picture book children's dreaming story

'A Gamaḻaŋga story: How the sea became salt. Spotted gekko and bush cockroach argue over body painting, but wallaby makes the freshwater safe for us.' (Source: LAAL website)
1 y separately published work icon Ḏilkurruwurruy Ŋuli Bunha Buṉapi Djan'palil , Dick Yambal (illustrator), Milingimbi : Milingimbi Literature Production Centre , 1978 8211914 1978 single work picture book children's

This book is written in the Dhuwal language text and narrative.
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