Title The girl from the Great Sandy Desert / written by Jukuna Mona Chuguna and Pat Lowe ; illustrated by Mervyn Street

Published Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Contents The Walmajarri People; Mana and Her Relations; CONTENTS; Introduction; Mana; Lantimangu; What are Kartiya Like?; Two Brothers; Mana's Blind Mother; Two Little Girls; No Water; Uncle Yinti; The Cutting; Blacknose; Nearly Buried Alive; The Fight; A Sad Story; Bitten by a Dog; A Trick; Mana the Hunter; Mana Loses Her Father; Mana Nearly Dies of Thirst; Pakart; Mana gets Married; Walmajarri Pronunciation Guide; Walmajarri Glossary; About the Creators; Further reading Summary The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert is the remarkable account of the life of Mana, a young Walmajarri girl and her family in the desert country of north-west Australia. A collection of accessible stories that elucidate the rich cultural lives of pre-contact Aboriginal Australians, this book is a valuable resource for educators and young readers, and is accompanied by beautiful black and white illustrations Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 30, 2015) Subject Walmajarri (Australian people) -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Juvenile literature Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Juvenile literature JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Social Science -- Sociology. Aboriginal Australians Manners and customs Walmajarri (Australian people) SUBJECT Great Sandy Desert (W.A.) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature Subject Western Australia Western Australia -- Great Sandy Desert Genre/Form Juvenile works Form Electronic book Author Lowe, Pat, 1941- author Street, Mervyn, illustrator ISBN 9781922142863 1922142867 9781922142924 1922142921

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