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Joy Wandin Murphy Joy Wandin Murphy i(A123209 works by) (a.k.a. Joy Murphy; Aunty Joy Murphy)
Born: Established: Healesville, Healesville area, Yea - Eildon - Warburton area, Melbourne Outer North, Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal Wurundjeri / Woiwurung ; Aboriginal
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1 3 y separately published work icon Wilam : A Birrarung Story Joy Wandin Murphy , Andrew Kelly , Lisa Kennedy (illustrator), Newtown : Black Dog Books , 2019 14800069 2019 single work picture book children's

'As ngua rises, Bunjil soars over mountain ash, flying higher and higher as the wind warms. Below, Birrarung begins its long winding path down to palem warreen. Wilam – home. 

'Yarra Riverkeeper Andrew Kelly joins award-winning picture book duo Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy to tell the Indigenous and geographical story of Melbourne’s beautiful Yarra river, from its source to its mouth; from its pre-history to the present day.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 5 y separately published work icon Welcome to Country Joy Wandin Murphy , Lisa Kennedy (illustrator), Newtown : Black Dog Books , 2016 10491285 2016 single work picture book children's

'This is an expansive and generous Welcome to Country from a most respected Elder, Aunty Joy Murphy, beautifully given form by Indigenous artist Lisa Kennedy.

'Welcome to the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri People. We are part of this land and the land is part of us. This is where we come from. Wominjeka Wurundjeri balluk yearmenn koondee bik. Welcome to Country.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Doitborke Joy Wandin Murphy , 2007 8387600 2007 single work prose dreaming story

This story of Doitborke is about how fire was first discovered.
1 y separately published work icon Remembering Barak Joy Wandin Murphy , Judith Ryan , Carol Cooper , National Gallery of Victoria , Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria , 2003 Z1847120 2003 single work biography 'Remembering Barak celebrates the memory of a remarkable Aboriginal leader, William Barak, Yarra Yarra chief (1824 - 1903), a man whose troubled but dignified life bridged two very disparate cultures and whose art has not only survived but strengthened over this past century, continuing to communicate something both unique and significant about Aboriginal life' (JB Books website : www.jbbooks.com.au).
1 Untitled i "I am a boorai [child] of this land", Joy Wandin Murphy , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Elders : Wisdom from Australia's Indigenous Leaders 2003; (p. 55)
1 Family Joy Wandin Murphy , 2003 single work life story
— Appears in: Elders : Wisdom from Australia's Indigenous Leaders 2003; (p. 45, 55)
1 Me and My Mum i "I am about 3 years' old in the year of 1921", Joy Wandin Murphy , 1997 single work poetry
— Appears in: Message Stick : Contemporary Aboriginal Writing 1997; (p. 58-59)
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