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Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 Gold-Fever
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First line of verse: "marajuna ninda"
Language: Aboriginal Yindjibarndi AIATSIS ref. (W37) (WA SF50-07) , English
Notes:
Tabi in Jindjiparndi. Sung by Cobbin Dale in the Jindjiparndi language.
Notes:
Jindjiparndi and English texts published together.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Taruru : Aboriginal Song Poetry from the Pilbara C. G. von (Carl Georg von) Brandenstein (editor), A. P. Thomas (editor), Adelaide : Rigby , 1974 Z209869 1974 anthology poetry

    The craft of composing tabi songs - songs sung by individuals as distinct from group (e.g. corroboree) singing - was taught to young Aboriginal men in their initiation years. This collection of tabi in eleven Aboriginal languages with English translation is, with the exception of a few Maralga (mythical people) tabi, generally from the twentieth century.

    The introduction by A. P. Thomas describes the way in which C. G. von Brandenstein went about collecting and recording these songs. Thomas also describes the demographic and social Aboriginal situation in the Pilbara when the tabi were being collected in the 1960s.

    Pages 53 to 91 contain notes specific to each tabi including an explanation of the translation, who sung the tabi to von Brandenstein, and details about the tune created or used.

    Adelaide : Rigby , 1974
    pg. 4, 58 (notes)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Know the Song Know the Country : The Ngarda-ngali Story of Culture and History in the Roebourne District Frank Rijavec (editor), Roebourne : Leramugadu Group , 1995 Z1598730 1995 anthology oral history poetry short story lyric/song Roebourne : Leramugadu Group , 1995 pg. 11
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry John Kinsella (editor), Tracy Ryan (editor), North Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2017 8848074 2017 anthology poetry

    'The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry is a comprehensive survey of the state’s poets from the 19th century to today.

    'Featuring work from 128 poets, and accompanied by biographical notes and an introductory essay by editors John Kinsella and Tracy Ryan, this watershed anthology brings together the poems that have contributed to and defined the way that Western Australians see themselves.' (Publication summary)

    North Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2017
    pg. 127
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