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Title Nginingawila ngirramini : our story / Tiwi College Alalinguwi Jarrakarlinga
Published Sydney, N.S.W. : A Lothian Children's Book published by Hachette Australia, 2015
Sydney, NSW : Lothian Children's BookS, 2015
©[2015]

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS CRC  305.89915 Tiw/Nno  AVAILABLE
 MELB CRC  305.89915 Tiw/Nno  AVAILABLE
 W'BOOL CRC  305.89915 Tiw/Nno  AVAILABLE
Description 45 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations, 1 colour map, colour portraits ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction -- Bobette Jordan -- Rina Moreen -- Sharna Austral -- Jess Stassi -- Shania Puruntatameri -- Ella Moreen -- Sherayne Puruntatameri -- Jasmine Brooks -- Angelita Tipungwuti -- Glossary of Tiwi words -- Acknowledgements
Summary In this collection of inspiring pieces, the girls share stories about their heroes, their sacred places and the happiest moments of their lives. With an introduction by Indigenous Literacy Foundation ambassador Dr Anita Heiss and author Pamela Freeman, Nginingawila Ngirramini was created in Sydney as part of the ILF s Create Initiative, a workshop program to improve literacy. Students: Bobette Joran, Rina Moreen, Sharna Austral, Jess Stassi, Shania Puruntatameri, Ella Moreen, Sherayne Puruntatameri, Jasmine Brooks and Angelita Tipungwuti
Analysis Australian
juvenile Nonfiction
Notes "This book was produced as part of the Indigenous Literary Foundation's Creative Initiative. The initiative partners young Indigenous women with publishers and mentors to creae (produce stories), cultivate (build knowledge) and motivate (grow self-esteem)"--Opposite title page
Illustration and map on end papers
Includes a glossary of Tiwi words on page [46]
Students: Bobette Joran, Rina Moreen, Sharna Austral, Jess Stassi, Shania Puruntatameri, Ella Moreen, Sherayne Puruntatameri, Jasmine Brooks and Angelita Tipungwuti. Each girl did the artwork on her page
Bibliography Introduction / Dr Anita Heiss & Pamela Freeman -- Bobette Joran -- Rina Moreen -- Sharna Austral -- Jess Stassi -- Shania Puruntatameri -- Jasmine Brooks -- Angelita Tipungwuti -- Glossary of Tiwi words -- Acknowledgments
Audience For children
Subject Aboriginal Australian girls -- Northern Territory -- Tiwi Islands -- Juvenile literature
Aboriginal Australian girls -- Northern Territory -- Tiwi Islands
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Tiwi Islands (N.T.)
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Tiwi Islands -- Juvenile literature
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Tiwi Islands
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Tiwi Islands (N.T.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Community life -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Juvenile fiction.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Tiwi Islands -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Community life -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Juvenile literature.
Community life -- Australia -- Tiwi Islands (N.T.) -- Biography.
Community life -- Australia -- Tiwi Islands (N.T.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Community life -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Community life -- Australia -- Tiwi Islands (N.T.) -- Juvenile literature.
Teenage girls -- Australia -- Tiwi Islands (N.T.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Teenage girls -- Australia -- Tiwi Islands (N.T.) -- Biography.
SUBJECT Tiwi Islands (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009006543
Tiwi Islands (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009006543 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674
Tiwi Islands (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009006543 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687
Tiwi Islands (NT)
Genre/Form Biographies.
Fiction.
Author Austral, Sharna, author, illustrator
Brooks, Jasmine, author, illustrator
Joran, Bobette, author, illustrator
Moreen, Ella, author, illustrator
Puruntatameri, Shania, author, illustrator
Moreen, Rina, author, illustrator
Puruntatameri, Sherayne, author, illustrator
Stassi, Jess, author, illustrator
Tipungwuti, Angelita, author, illustrator
Indigenous Literacy Foundation, sponsor
Tiwi College Alalinguwi Jarrakarlinga, author
ISBN 9780734417077
Other Titles Our story