Roughtail : the dreaming of a roughtail lizard and other stories told by the Kukatja = Tjarany
Greene, Gracie, 1949-1996
Book
Total copies: 2
This book contains eight dreamtime stories from the Kukatja people of Western Australia's remote Kimberley Region. Each story is complemented by beautiful artworks painted by Aboriginal artist Lucille Gill that visually explain each story using traditional dot paintings. Told in English and Kukatja, the book includes magnificent paintings, maps, kinship diagrams, exercises and language notes.
Main title:
Roughtail : the dreaming of a roughtail lizard and other stories told by the Kukatja = Tjarany / Gracie Greene, Joe Tramacchi, Lucy Gill.
Author:
Work:
Imprint:
Broome, WA : Magabala Books, 1996.©1992.
Collation:
viii, 53 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm.
Notes:
Parallel text in English and Kukatja.
Contents:
Includes notes on the Kukatja family relationships, language and word list.
Awards:
The Children Book Council Australia Eve Pownall Award.
ISBN:
9781875641307 (paperback)
Dewey class:
398.20994
Language:
English
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BRN:
790118