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Janet Nakamarra Long Janet Nakamarra Long i(A127691 works by) (a.k.a. Janet Nakamarra)
Born: Established: 1960 Tanami Desert, Central Northern Territory, Northern Territory, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Warlpiri
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 y separately published work icon Nyurruwiyi Kalalpalu Yupujurla Wapaja Walking Around in the Bush in the Old Days Corina Granites , Janet Nakamarra Long , Bilingual Resources Development Unit , Yuendumu : Bilingual Resources Development Unit , 2007 Z1666460 2007 single work short story Indigenous story
1 y separately published work icon Nyurru-wiyi-warnu In the old Days Janet Nakamarra Long , Corina Granites , Yuendumu : Bilingual Resources Development Unit , 2007 Z1666451 2007 single work short story Indigenous story
1 y separately published work icon Mamangku Ka Pajirni Yakajirri Mother is Picking Bush Sultanas Janet Nakamarra Long , Corina Granites , Mary-Anne Gale , Bilingual Resources Development Unit (translator), Yuendumu : Bilingual Resources Development Unit , 2004 Z1666443 2004 single work short story Indigenous story
1 y separately published work icon Ngurr-ngurrpa Marnkurrpa Wita-patu-kurlu Janet Nakamarra Long , Yuendumu : Bilingual Resources Development Unit , 1990 Z1750194 1990 single work short story children's
1 y separately published work icon Jurdalja-Kurlu Family Janet Nakamarra Long , Maudie Petersen Nungarrayi (illustrator), Janet Nakamarra Long (translator), Willowra : 1990 7775267 1990 single work short story Indigenous story

'A story about son-in-law and mother-in-law and father-in-law.' (Source: LAAL website)
1 y separately published work icon Wurna-Kurlu Transport; Vroom Vroom Janet Nakamarra Long , Lesley Bluett (illustrator), Darwin : Northern Territory Department of Education , 1988 7779476 1988 single work picture book children's

'Sentence reader translated from new Tracks.' (Source: LAAL website)
1 y separately published work icon Wirriya Winkirrpa Janet Nakamarra Long , Lesley Bluett (illustrator), Darwin : Northern Territory Department of Education , 1988 7778122 1988 single work picture book children's

Reader about naughty boy adapted from new Tracks. (Source: LAAL website)
1 y separately published work icon Yayirriyayirri-Kirli Marna Miirnta-Kurlangu-Kurlu Janet Nakamarra Long , Andrew Lang (illustrator), Mary Laughren (translator), Yuendumu : Bilingual Resources Development Unit , 1987 7779155 1987 single work picture book Indigenous story

'Book about the medicinal plant yayirri-yayirri and how to use it to cure colds.' (Source: LAAL website)
1 y separately published work icon Purlku-Jinta Manu Kkarnta Murntu-Pala A Man and His Four Wives Brenda Forbes , Jenny Williams Napanangka (editor), Ross Tukumba (illustrator), Janet Nakamarra Long (translator), Willowra : Willowra School , 1987 7778237 1987 single work picture book Indigenous story

Story of old man with many wives. (Source: LAAL website)
1 y separately published work icon Kuyu Wiri-Wiri Manu Wita-Wita Kuyu Wiri-Wiri Manu Kuyu Wita-Wita Janet Nakamarra Long , Willowra : Bilingual Resources Development Unit , 1987 7775763 1987 single work picture book children's Indigenous story

This small picture book about the birds boys hunt.
1 y separately published work icon Jarrarda-Kurlu Janet Nakamarra Long , Janet Nakamarra Long (illustrator), Willowra : Bilingual Resources Development Unit , 1987 7775048 1987 single work short story Indigenous story

'Love story about a couple of the right skin.' (Source: LAAL website)
1 y separately published work icon Kurdu Wita Patu Kurlu The Three Little Boys and the Giant Water Serpent Janet Nakamarra Long , Darwin : Darwin Institute of Technology , 1985 Z1713000 1985 single work prose dreaming story

'Once upon a time there were three little boys playing in the bush...'
1 y separately published work icon Wirliya Kurlu Puku : Book about Footprints Janet Nakamarra Long , Yuendumu : Warlpiri Literature Production Centre , 1984 Z1765384 1984 single work short story children's
1 y separately published work icon Miyiparnta Damper making Janet Nakamarra Long , Willowra : Willowra School , 1984 Z1765380 1984 single work short story children's
1 y separately published work icon Jirripirdi Manu Warna The Bird and the Snake Janet Nakamarra Long , Janet Nakamarra Long (illustrator), Yuendumu : Warlpiri Literature Production Centre , 1984 Z1730499 1984 single work short story children's

Story about a bird who has revenge on a snake that eats her children.
1 y separately published work icon Nyurruwiyi-warnu From the Olden Days Janet Nakamarra Long , Willowra : Warlpiri Literature Production Centre , 1983 Z1756406 1983 single work picture book Indigenous story children's

This book has been made to teach young people about how people lived and how they spoke Warlpiri in the day before White settlement. (Source: Nyurruwiyi-warnu 1983:25)
1 y separately published work icon Wijipalka-parnta The Thieves Janet Nakamarra Long , Yuendumu : Warlpiri Literature Production Centre , 1983 Z1730493 1983 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Karnta Manu Yangkiri The Woman and the Emu Janet Nakamarra Long , Yuendumu : Warlpiri Literature Production Centre , 1981 Z1718125 1981 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Karnta Manu Yankirri The Woman and The Emu Janet Nakamarra Long , Willowra : Warlpiri Literature Production Centre , 1981 7775645 1981 single work short story Indigenous story

'Traditional story about a relationship between a woman and an emu.' (Source: LAAL website)
1 y separately published work icon Nyangka! Papa Nyampuju Look! This is Father Janet Nakamarra Long , Warlpiri Literature Production Centre (translator), Yuendumu : Warlpiri Literature Production Centre , 1980 Z1666031 1980 picture book Indigenous story

This small picture book looks at a variety of things.
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