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1 y separately published work icon Where There's Life There's Spirit Norm Newlin , Sydney : Norm Newlin , 1988 Z1115017 1988 selected work poetry This work contains forty three short, titled poems.
1 form y separately published work icon E'ellermani : The Story of Leo and Leva Lorraine Mafi-Williams , Millie Boyd , ( dir. Lorraine Mafi-Williams ) Australia : Aboriginal Arts Board Women's Film Fund of the Australian Film Commission , 1988 13732104 1988 single work film/TV Indigenous story

'Leo and Leva is a documentary made at the request of the contemporary custodian of their story’s site - singer and storyteller Millie Boyd - who wanted to clarify tribal boundaries in far northern NSW.

'Speaking in 3 different dialects (Githrabaul, Knarkbaul and Wearravaul) and singing songs passed on from generation to generation, singer and storyteller Millie Boyd tells of the love between Leo, A handsome warrior, and Leva, a beautiful maiden from another tribe. The story is illustrated in re-enactments.

'The simplicity of the story is enjoyable, and as the audience we are privileged to hear it. All the threads aren’t tied up in this short film; rather it is presented as if it was a yarn being heard while around the fire or at the feet of an elder.

'This is a dramatised documentary based on an Aboriginal tribal legend from northern NSW.' (Production summary)
1 5 y separately published work icon The Aboriginal Children's History of Australia Adelaide : Rigby Island Heritage, Hawaii , 1977 Z948549 1977 anthology information book children's
2 1 Lalai (Dreamtime) i "Dreamtime,", Michael Silverstein , Sam Woolagoodjah , Andrew Huntley (translator), Sydney : Aboriginal Arts Board , 1975 Z1510410 1975 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry 1986; (p. 196-200) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 1-5) Ariel , April vol. 19 no. 2 1988; (p. 47-52) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1996; (p. 1-5) Wisdom from the Earth : The Living Legacy of the Aboriginal Dreamtime 1998; (p. 56-57)
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