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'This collection of stories is for future generations. It also offers other Australians an insight into a living Aboriginal language and way of life. Within this book you will find stories on creation, descriptions of hunting, gathering and preparing food, and sketches of traditional life. You will read accounts of early contact with Europeans, told by people who lived through that time. Fittingly illustrated with paintings by Bunuba people, this is a valuable and compelling social record.' (Source: Back Cover)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Halls Creek,
Kimberley area,
North Western Australia,
Western Australia,:Kimberley Language Resource Centre
, 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Linyjiya : Old Man Rock, Nyawanday , single work prose dreaming story (p. 2-3)
- Girrganyi : Chickenhawk, Nyawanday , single work prose dreaming story (p. 5-6)
- Ray : Spirit Children, Nyawanday , single work short story Indigenous story (p. 7)
- Ganjali : Black Kite, Irrmali , single work short story Indigenous story (p. 9-10)
- Gilinymana : The Moon, Jalakbia , single work prose dreaming story (p. 11-13)
- Galurru : Rainbow Serpent, Jalakbia , single work prose dreaming story (p. 14-17)
- Yilimbirri : Elimberrie Springs, Jalakbia , single work prose dreaming story (p. 19-20)
- Ngarranggani Jawiy : Dreamtime Lily Hole, Wayani , single work prose dreaming story (p. 21-23)
- Thuthulu Jiyani Wanggura Warrana : Pheasant Coucal, Nightbird, Crow and Wedge-Tailed Eagle, Wayani , single work prose dreaming story (p. 24-31)
- Guru : Skin Groups, Mindawidji , single work prose dreaming story (p. 32)
- Thanggari : Lily Plant, Wibiy , single work short story Indigenous story (p. 34)
- Bawulu : Pigweed, Wibiy , single work short story Indigenous story (p. 35-37)
- Wanggu : Yam, Jalakbia , single work short story Indigenous story (p. 38)
- Wajarri : Boab Nut, Jalakbia , single work short story Indigenous story (p. 39-41)
- Maina : Bush Plum, Jalakbia , single work short story Indigenous story (p. 42)
- Gambanba'rayngarri Wawanyi Wanyjirri : Hunting Goanna and Kangaroo, Nyawanday , single work autobiography (p. 44-49)
- Guda-ngarri : Having a Baby, single work autobiography (p. 50-52)
- Jirali Nhungu Manggay-way : Husband and Wife in the Old Days, Gumanggu , single work short story Indigenous story (p. 53-57)
- Milha-bilinyi : Hunting for Game, single work autobiography (p. 58-61)
- Wad'jay Gawiy Wudiga'ni : Spearfishing, Jalakbia , single work art work (p. 63-64)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 7 no. 4 1999; (p. 46)
— Review of Thangani Bunuba : Bunuba Stories Kimberley Language Resource Centre (translator), 1998 anthology short story autobiography oral history -
The Dreaming, Human Agency and Inscriptive Practice
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Oceania , December vol. 65 no. 2 1994; (p. 116-130)'Discusses the Australian Aboriginal forms of social memory. Analysis of its implications in the attempt to distinguish myth and history, orality and literacy; Examination of the historical consciousness in aboriginal Australia; Argument that the dreaming is one instance of a general mode of orientation.' (Publication abstract)
-
Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 7 no. 4 1999; (p. 46)
— Review of Thangani Bunuba : Bunuba Stories Kimberley Language Resource Centre (translator), 1998 anthology short story autobiography oral history -
The Dreaming, Human Agency and Inscriptive Practice
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Oceania , December vol. 65 no. 2 1994; (p. 116-130)'Discusses the Australian Aboriginal forms of social memory. Analysis of its implications in the attempt to distinguish myth and history, orality and literacy; Examination of the historical consciousness in aboriginal Australia; Argument that the dreaming is one instance of a general mode of orientation.' (Publication abstract)
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