Sacred waters : the story of the Blue Mountains Gully traditional owners / Dianne Johnson ; in collaboration with the residents of the Gully and their descendants
- Bib ID:
- 3789761
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Johnson, Dianne D. (Dianne Dorothy), author
- Description:
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- Broadway, New South Wales : Halstead Press, 2006
- ©2006
- 237 pages, 27 pages of plates : llustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 30 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781920831370 (paperback)
- Invalid ISBN:
- 1920831371
- Summary:
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This book is the moving story of the Aboriginal people in a unique and beautiful part of Australia- the Burragorang Valley, now profoundly changed by the flooding of the valley in the 1950s by Warragamba Dam.
- Notes:
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- Illustrations on end papers.
- Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within this work which reflect the author’s attitude, or that of the period in which the work was created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-226) and index.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- History
- Water-supply -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- History
- Culture
- Gundungurra / Gundungura /Gandangara people (S60) (NSW SI56-09)
- Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology
- Animals - Fish - Eels
- Water supply
- Law - Land
- Dharug / Daruk / Darug people (S64) (NSW SI56-05)
- Settlement and contacts - Government settlements, reserves
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Religions - Christianity - Catholic Church
- Burragorang Valley (N.S.W.) -- History
- Sydney Region (N.S.W.) -- Colonization
- Sydney Region (N.S.W.) -- History
- Blue Mountains (N.S.W. : Mountains) -- History
- Burragorang (NSW SI56-09)
- The Gully (Blue Mountains NSW SI56-05)
- Blue Mountains (W Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Katoomba (Blue Mountains NSW SI56-05)
- Australian
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2006
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