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y separately published work icon Minah : A Poem in Four Parts single work   picture book   children's  
Adaptation of Uncle Abraham, Whose Blackfeller's Name was Minah 1989 single work poetry
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Minah : A Poem in Four Parts
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'Whenever I used to see one of those old fellers going off with a spear for murrung - fish - I'd watch him. I'd run after him. I was only a little feller but I had a sense to follow and learn how to do all those things." Not everyone has someone to look up to and learn from in their life. But for this little boy, Uncle Abraham is that special person. this is about Minah, Uncle Abraham, shows how the passing down of knowledge can help keep memory alive. ' (Publication summary)

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  • First published in The Nearest the White Man Gets (1989).
  • The four parts are called Guneena, Marrung, Muleemah, and Doonoots.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1995 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0207184836
    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1997 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0207191697
      Series: y separately published work icon Bluegum Bluegum Paperbacks Angus and Robertson (publisher), Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1975-1997 Z1528574 1987 series - publisher children's fiction children's 'Quality paperbacks for children from Angus and Robertson.'
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Untitled Sophie Masson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 40 no. 2 1996; (p. 23)
— Review of Minah : A Poem in Four Parts Percy Mumbulla , 1995 single work picture book
Untitled Sophie Masson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 40 no. 2 1996; (p. 23)
— Review of Minah : A Poem in Four Parts Percy Mumbulla , 1995 single work picture book
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