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Mervyn Street Mervyn Street i(A124438 works by) (birth name: Jowddji)
Born: Established: 1950 Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Gooniyandi
(Storyteller) assertion
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Mervyn Street is the European name given to Jowddji. He was born at Louisa Downs Station between Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley of Western Australia. As a young man he worked as a stockman on Carnegie station. Jowiddji is a Senior Gooniyandi man. He is of the Jupurra skin group and Gooniyandi, Walmajarri, Jaru language groups, a cultural advisor and artist of Pullout Springs on Louisa Downs Station.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert : Stories from the Walmajarri Broome : Magabala Books , 2015 8299681 2015 single work autobiography children's

'The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert is the remarkable account of the life of Mana, a young Walmajarri girl and her family in the desert country of north-west Australia. A collection of accessible stories that elucidate the rich cultural lives of pre-contact Aboriginal Australians.' (Source: Magabala Books website)
2016 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Eve Pownall Award
2015 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Indigenous Children
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