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y separately published work icon Bush Games and Knucklebones single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Bush Games and Knucklebones
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"Bush Games and Knucklebones is a very special collaboration between best-selling author Doris Kartinyeri and well-known artist Kunyi June-Anne McInerney, who both spent time at Colebrook Childrens' home in South Australia in the 1950s." (Magabala Books website)

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Language: English , Aboriginal Pitjantjatjara AIATSIS ref. (C6) (NT SG52-11) NT, SA
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'The Aboriginal words that appear in the text are from the Pitjanjatjara language and were commonly used by the children at Colebrook' (Source: page 3)
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Works about this Work

Our Truths - Aboriginal Writers and the Stolen Generations BlackWords : Our Truths - Aboriginal Writers and the Stolen Generations Anita Heiss , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 4) The BlackWords Essays 2019;

In this essay Heiss demonstrates that stories, poetry, songs, plays and memoirs are 'living' evidence of truths otherwise untold or appropriated (Source: Introduction)
Aboriginal Children's Literature : More Than Just Pretty Pictures Anita Heiss , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Just Words? : Australian Authors Writing for Justice 2008; (p. 102-117) The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 7) The BlackWords Essays 2019;

'This essay explores how some recent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authored titles have used local languages and personal histories - including complex stories which deal with the Stolen Generations - to engage and educate young Australian readers, while providing much needed inspiration to nurture Indigenous audiences.' (Source: Heiss, Anita, Aboriginal Literature for Children: More Than Just Pretty Pictures, 2015)
Untitled Kaye Throssell , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 48 no. 1 2004; (p. 10)
— Review of Bush Games and Knucklebones Doris Kartinyeri , 2003 single work picture book
'Stolen' Book Launched 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 3 December no. 315 2003; (p. 8)
— Review of Bush Games and Knucklebones Doris Kartinyeri , 2003 single work picture book
Untitled Kaye Throssell , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 48 no. 1 2004; (p. 10)
— Review of Bush Games and Knucklebones Doris Kartinyeri , 2003 single work picture book
'Stolen' Book Launched 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 3 December no. 315 2003; (p. 8)
— Review of Bush Games and Knucklebones Doris Kartinyeri , 2003 single work picture book
Aboriginal Children's Literature : More Than Just Pretty Pictures Anita Heiss , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Just Words? : Australian Authors Writing for Justice 2008; (p. 102-117) The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 7) The BlackWords Essays 2019;

'This essay explores how some recent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authored titles have used local languages and personal histories - including complex stories which deal with the Stolen Generations - to engage and educate young Australian readers, while providing much needed inspiration to nurture Indigenous audiences.' (Source: Heiss, Anita, Aboriginal Literature for Children: More Than Just Pretty Pictures, 2015)
Our Truths - Aboriginal Writers and the Stolen Generations BlackWords : Our Truths - Aboriginal Writers and the Stolen Generations Anita Heiss , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 4) The BlackWords Essays 2019;

In this essay Heiss demonstrates that stories, poetry, songs, plays and memoirs are 'living' evidence of truths otherwise untold or appropriated (Source: Introduction)
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  • Eden Hills, Mitcham area, Adelaide - South / South East, Adelaide, South Australia,
  • 1950s
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