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Uncle Abraham, Whose Blackfeller's Name was Minah single work   poetry   "Every time I lie down alongside a river"
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Uncle Abraham, Whose Blackfeller's Name was Minah
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y separately published work icon Minah : A Poem in Four Parts Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , Bronwyn Bancroft (illustrator), Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1995 Z1003934 1995 single work picture book children's

'Whenever I used to see one of those old fellers going off with a spear for murrung - fish - I'd watch him. I'd run after him. I was only a little feller but I had a sense to follow and learn how to do all those things." Not everyone has someone to look up to and learn from in their life. But for this little boy, Uncle Abraham is that special person. this is about Minah, Uncle Abraham, shows how the passing down of knowledge can help keep memory alive. ' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon Minah : A Poem in Four Parts Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , Bronwyn Bancroft (illustrator), Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1995 Z1003934 1995 single work picture book children's

'Whenever I used to see one of those old fellers going off with a spear for murrung - fish - I'd watch him. I'd run after him. I was only a little feller but I had a sense to follow and learn how to do all those things." Not everyone has someone to look up to and learn from in their life. But for this little boy, Uncle Abraham is that special person. this is about Minah, Uncle Abraham, shows how the passing down of knowledge can help keep memory alive. ' (Publication summary)
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Last amended 8 Oct 2019 15:10:03
Subjects:
  • Coast,
  • Wallaga Lake, Narooma - Bermagui area, Far South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales,
  • Bega, Bega area, Far South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales,
  • Bermagui, Narooma - Bermagui area, Far South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales,
  • Mosquito Point, Forster - Tuncurry area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,
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