Songs from the stations : Wajarra as sung by Ronnie Wavehill Wirrpnga, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal and Dandy...
Songs from the stations : Wajarra as sung by Ronnie Wavehill Wirrpnga, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal and Dandy...
Songs from the stations : Wajarra as sung by Ronnie Wavehill Wirrpnga, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal and Dandy Danbayarri at Kalkaringi / Myfany Turpin, Felicity Meakins, with photographs by Brenda L. Croft.
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Publisher
University of Sydney, NSW : Sydney University Press, 2019.
Call Numbers
H 2019/1965 , G 2019/1190
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Language
English
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Physical content
xli, 220 pages, 16 unnumbered plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
University of Sydney, NSW : Sydney University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"The Gurindji people of the Northern Territory are perhaps best-known for their walk-off of Wave Hill Station in 1966, protesting against mistreatment by the station managers. The strike would become the first major victory of the Indigenous land rights movement. Many discussions of station life are focused on the harsh treatment of Aboriginal work...
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Songs from the stations : Wajarra as sung by Ronnie Wavehill Wirrpnga, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal and Dandy Danbayarri at Kalkaringi / Myfany Turpin, Felicity Meakins, with photographs by Brenda L. Croft.
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Notes
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"The corroborees [in this book] - Kamul, Mintiwarra, Laka, Juntara - are for everyone to sing and dance. We all perform them, men and women alike. Wajarra is open to all... - Ronnie Wavehill, 2017"--Page [vi]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index.
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©2019.
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H 2019/1965 , G 2019/1190
Record Identifier
74VKVy0LE2Py
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVy0LE2Py
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ISBN
9781743325841 paperback
DDC
781.62991
MMS ID
991024235618202626
