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Author Wilkes, Richard, 1943-

Title Bulmurn : a Swan River Nyoongar : a novel / by Richard Wilkes
Published Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 1995

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 W'PONDS  827.03 W6826 A6/B  AVAILABLE
Description 219 pages : map ; 20 cm
Summary Bulmurn, medicine man to the Swan River Nyoongars, saw the skin of his people changing, saw sickness strike the children of his clan, saw traditional learning falter. Refusing to continue healing those of mixed blood, he was judged by the Trial of Spears, and cast out. Alone, Bulmurn's power increased, but when used in lethal retribution against the wadjbulla, that power precipitated the hunt for his life. Set in the early 1800s, Bulmurn : a Swan River Nyoongar is a rare and dramatic combination of historical fiction with Aboriginal tribal beliefs and legendary figures
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Swan River Region (W.A.) -- History -- Fiction
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Swan River Region -- History -- Juvenile fiction
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Swan River Region -- History -- Fiction
Noongar (Australian people) -- History -- Fiction
Nyunga (Australian people) -- History -- Fiction.
Nyunga (Australian people) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre/Form Fiction.
LC no. 95142129
ISBN 1875560416