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Songman / Allan Baillie
Bib ID 671829
Format BookBook
Author
Baillie, Allan, 1943-
 
Description Ringwood, Vic. : Puffin Books, 1995, c1994 
viii, 177 p. : map ; 19 cm. 
ISBN 014037096X :  014037096X :  014037096X (pbk.) 
Summary

An attack by Macassans on an Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory in 1720, leads to a child's voyage to the island of Celebes. Yukuwa leaves, uncertain of his skills and courage, but returns a Songman, with unforgettable sights and sounds to weave into his songs

Notes

CIP confirmed.

First published: Ringwood, Vic. : Viking, 1994.

Children.

Subjects Aboriginal Australians - Northern Territory - Arnhem Land - Juvenile fiction.  |  Children, Aboriginal Australian - Juvenile fiction.  |  Makasar (Indonesian people) - Juvenile fiction.

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