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y separately published work icon Mununja the Butterfly : A Ngunawal Aboriginal Story single work   picture book   Indigenous story  
Note: As told by Ngunawal Elder Don Bell.
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Mununja the Butterfly : A Ngunawal Aboriginal Story
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Notes

  • Mununja the Butterfly, written by Don Bell with bilingual text and commentary by Chris Ilert, was originally endorsed by the United Ngunnawal Elders Council and produced for distribution to schools in the ACT. Disagreements between the parties involved and the withdrawing of the endorsement by the United Ngunnawal Elders Council meant that the bilingual version of the book was not distributed to schools by the ACT Government.
    An English version of the work was also published.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Gundaroo, Gundaroo - Sutton area, Canberra region (NSW), Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,: Brolga Press , 1999 .
      Extent: [16] p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 1875495290
Alternative title: Mununja the Butterfly : The First Storybook in Traditional Aboriginal Language from South-Eastern Australia
Language: Aboriginal Ngunawal/Ngunnawal AIATSIS Code: D3 ACT NSW , English
Notes:
Text in Ngunnawal and English
    • Corrimal, Woonona - Mount Keira - North Wollongong area, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,: C. Illert , 1999 .
      Extent: [21] p.p.
      Description: col. illus., ports.
      Note/s:
      • Bilingual text and commentary by Chris Illert.
      • Errata slip inserted, p. [12]
      ISBN: 0949357200

Works about this Work

Tears before Bedtime : Turnbull Gets Emotional Over an Aboriginal Lullaby Rosie Lewis , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 March 2016; (p. 4)
Impasse Over Tale in Two Languages Ends Jennifer Moran , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 September 2003; (p. 11)
A Ngunawal Dreamtime Story 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 27 June no. 254 2001; (p. 30)

— Review of Mununja the Butterfly : A Ngunawal Aboriginal Story Don Bell , 1999 single work picture book
A Ngunawal Dreamtime Story 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 27 June no. 254 2001; (p. 30)

— Review of Mununja the Butterfly : A Ngunawal Aboriginal Story Don Bell , 1999 single work picture book
Impasse Over Tale in Two Languages Ends Jennifer Moran , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 September 2003; (p. 11)
Tears before Bedtime : Turnbull Gets Emotional Over an Aboriginal Lullaby Rosie Lewis , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 March 2016; (p. 4)
Last amended 14 Nov 2007 12:35:01
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