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1 10 y separately published work icon Mamang Kim Scott , Iris Woods , Jeffrey Farmer (illustrator), Helen Nelly (illustrator), Roma Winmar (illustrator), Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2011 Z1807048 2011 single work picture book children's

'A brave young man travels the seas in the abdomen of a large whale ("mamang"). The man squeezes the heart of the whale and the old song he sings spurs it on to take him on a very special journey. It transports him far west of his home country, where his life is changed forever.

'This book is inspired by a story Freddie Winmer told the American linguist Gerhardt Laves at Albany, Western Australia, around 1931. It has been workshopped in a series of community meetings, which included some of Freddie Winmer's contemporary family.

'This story, told in old Noongar, contemporary Noongar and English, captures the deep spiritual connection of the Wirlomin people with the sea.' (From the publisher's website.)
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