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Wanjurna = The Wandjina and other stories from Worrorra folklore / stories told by Daisy Utemorrah and Patsy Lalbanda ; transcribed and translated by Mark Clendon
Bib ID 660482
Format BookBook
Author
Utemorrah, Daisy
 
Description Halls Creek, W.A. : Kimberley Language Resource Centre, c2000 
vii, 70 p. : ill., map ; 20 x 21 cm. 
ISBN 1875167145
Summary

Worrorra short stories ; Wanjurna ; Ngayu gee anganngumbu Mirimiringarrinya, irlaangalya lalai = My totems are the echidna and the scaly-tailed possum ; Kunyila ingkaninjangaarndeerri = What happened when they stared at the moon ; Kundee = The brother -in-law ; Wijingarraa nyimrimaaingarrinya = The quoll and the black-headed python ; Jrr'nkurn aa wadoy (imalarri aa iwunarri) = The owlet nightjar and the spotted nightjar ; Maa kubajingeerri wori kaarrweenerri = How they used to live ; Nyinjorinya = The widow.

Notes

Worrorra language text, parallel English translation.

Subjects Worora (Australian people) -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.  |  Legends -- Western Australia -- Kimberley.  |  Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.  |  Worora language -- Texts -- Juvenile literature.  |  Education - Language - Indigenous languages.  |  Worrorra language (K17) (WA SD51-16)  |  Worrorra people (K17) (WA SD51-16)  |  Worrorra language (K17) (Wa SD51-16)  |  Stories and motifs.  |  Literature and stories - Juvenile.  |  Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51, SE52)
Other authors/contributors Clendon, Mark  |  Lalbanda, Patsy  |  Kimberley Language Resource Centre
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