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The Emu and the Turkey single work children's fiction

Authors:agent Gracie Greene /specialistDatasets/BlackWords , Joe Tramacchi , Lucille Gill /specialistDatasets/BlackWords .

Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 The Emu and the Turkey

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'Long time ago, turkey and emu were the best of friends. The used to go hunting together ...'

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Author's note: This story started somewhere east of Yaka Yaka. (We say that Yagga Yagga. It means Quiet Quiet.)

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Language: English , Aboriginal Kukatja

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y Roughtail : The Dreaming of the Roughtail Lizard and Other Stories Told by the Kukatja Tjarany : Tjaranykura Tjukurrpa Ngaanpa Kalkinpa Wangka Tjukurrtjanu; Tjarany : Roughtail Gracie Greene /specialistDatasets/BlackWords , Joe Tramacchi , Lucille Gill /specialistDatasets/BlackWords , Lucille Gill /specialistDatasets/BlackWords (illustrator), Broome : Magabala Books , 1990 Z843149 1990 selected work children's fiction children's Indigenous story Abstract
'Tjarany Roughtail contains eight dreamtime stories from the Kukatja people of Western Australia’s remote Kimberley Region. Each story is complemented by beautiful artworks painted by Aboriginal artist Lucille Gill that visually explain each story using traditional dot paintings. Told in English and Kukatja, the book includes magnificent paintings, maps, kinship diagrams, exercises and language notes. Winner of Children's Book Council of Australia Award.'
Tjarany Roughtail : The Dreaming of the Roughtail Lizard and Other Stories Told by the Kukatja Tjarany : Tjaranykura Tjukurrpa Ngaanpa Kalkinpa Wangka Tjukurrtjanu Broome : Magabala Books , 1990
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1990
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pg. 10-15

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