Nganang badimaya wangga : yarns with Gami Ollie George / Ollie George, author Badimaya and English ; Sonya Edney (and 12 others) ; James Bednall, Susan Chiera and Rosie Sitorus, editors ; Bundiyarra - Irra Wangga Language Centre, layout and compilation
- Bib ID:
- 7341776
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- George, Ollie, author
- Access Conditions:
- Not for Inter Library Loan.
- Description:
-
- Rangeway, WA : Bundiyarra - Irra Wangga Language Centre, 2017
- ©2017
- xiv, 76 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour portraits ; 31 x 21 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780648062400 (paperback)
- Full contents:
-
- Author's biography
- Preface - Introduction
- Section one: Reared up with my nanna and poppa; Idiranggu fixed me up with the mabarn; I hit the goanna and it fell to the ground; We never had any tucker
- Section two : My dad: My dad had good mabarn to track down people; My dad getting bucked off a horse; I saw a featherfoot and ran away; My dad get killed by a featherfoot
- Ollie's family album
- Section three: I was raised on Badimaya country, I never went to other places; I'm looking around for galahs; Old Bun.gurr was stealing the oranges; Mustering sheep with old Emily; Featherfoot; My nanna Dinah makes a gildi-gildi; Old Nanna Mary passed away; I get bucked off a horse; We singing and dancing, it was good (corroborrees in the 1950s); I rode on horseback from Dalwallinu to Pindabunna; I had an old FJ ute
- Section four : I lived on Wajarri country, Wanmala country and Wonggai country; Mustering bullock and sheep on Austin Downs Station; What's the dog barking at?; Sheep fell down the well; She's looking for guwiyarl
- Appendix 1 : Ollie's family and important people in his life : genealogical table; Yamaji names of important people in Ollie's life : Ollie's family; Badimaya ladies who lived on Kirkalocka with Ollie; Wiluna ladies; Ollie's dear friends; Stations Ollie worked on, his employers and friends
- Appendix 2: story summaries
- Appendix 3: Badimaya-English wordlist
- Artist profiles.
- Notes:
-
- Artists: Sonya Edney, Charmaine Green, Sherryl Green, Andrea Green Ugle, Barbara Merritt, Kevin Merritt, Leeann Merritt, Margaret Simpson, Nadine Taylor, Astrid Walsh, Elizabeth Anne Walsh, Frank Walsh Jnr, Frank Walsh Snr and Margaret Whitehurst.
- In English and Badimaya language.
- Subject:
-
- George, Ollie, 1934-
- George, Ollie, 1934- -- Childhood and youth
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Murchison Region -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australian civic leaders -- Western Australia -- Murchison Region -- Biography
- Badimaya (Australian people) -- Biography
- Badimaya language A14
- Badimaya / Badimia people (A14) (WA SH50-03)
- History - Biographies - Indigenous - Autobiographies
- History - Oral history
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Language - Linguistics - Language elicitation - Translated
- Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
- Magic and sorcery
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers
- Austin Downs (WA Gascoyne / Murchison SG50-15)
- Kirkalocka (SW WA SH50-03)
- Lake Way (Little Sandy Desert WA SG51-09)
- Wydgee (SW WA SH50-03)
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
- Yarns with Gami Ollie George
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2017
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Loading...
Feedback
Similar items
- Badimaya to English dictionary : an aboriginal language of Western Australia
- Ngalimi wadha marungu = looking for quandongs / Badimaya text by Ollie George ; edited by James Bednall ; photographs by Johanna Wagner
- Ngalimi yanguwa wadha bimbawu = looking for bimba / Badimaya text by Ollie George ; edited by James Bednall ; photographs by Johanna Wagner
- Badimaya guwaga : talking Badimaya : an illustrated wordlist of the Badimaya language of Western Australia
- Copper wire George / by George Latham