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y separately published work icon Kuiyku Mabaigal Waii and Sobai single work   picture book   children's   Indigenous story  
Note: Retold by Aidan Laza ; illustrated and translated by Alick Tipoti.
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Kuiyku Mabaigal Waii and Sobai
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A traditional children's story from Badu Island about the warrior society that existed in the Torres Strait Islands before the coming of the missionaries.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: English , Torres Strait Kalaw Lagaw Ya AIATSIS ref. (Y1) (Qld TSI SC54-07)
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Works about this Work

Untitled Alison Lawrence , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 1 1999; (p. 18)
— Review of Kuiyku Mabaigal Waii and Sobai 1998 single work picture book
Stories of Warriors to Live On 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 29 July no. 181 1998; (p. 26)
— Review of Kuiyku Mabaigal Waii and Sobai 1998 single work picture book 'A young Torres Strait Islander is resurrecting stories of what life was like before the London missionaries came to the Torres Strait Islands in 1871...'
Untitled Alison Gregg , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 13 no. 5 1998; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Kuiyku Mabaigal Waii and Sobai 1998 single work picture book
Untitled Sue Clancy , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 42 no. 4 1998; (p. 19)
— Review of Kuiyku Mabaigal Waii and Sobai 1998 single work picture book
Untitled Sue Clancy , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 42 no. 4 1998; (p. 19)
— Review of Kuiyku Mabaigal Waii and Sobai 1998 single work picture book
Untitled Alison Gregg , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 13 no. 5 1998; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Kuiyku Mabaigal Waii and Sobai 1998 single work picture book
Untitled Alison Lawrence , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 1 1999; (p. 18)
— Review of Kuiyku Mabaigal Waii and Sobai 1998 single work picture book
Stories of Warriors to Live On 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 29 July no. 181 1998; (p. 26)
— Review of Kuiyku Mabaigal Waii and Sobai 1998 single work picture book 'A young Torres Strait Islander is resurrecting stories of what life was like before the London missionaries came to the Torres Strait Islands in 1871...'
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Last amended 13 Nov 2012 14:21:06
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