Sharing culture rainforest / written by Denise Ellen Ashman ; photographs by Stanley Breeden
- Bib ID:
- 847232
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Ashman, Denise Ellen
- Description:
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- Archerfield, Qld. : Steve Parish Pub. , 2001
- 80 p. : ill.(col.)., map(col.)., ports.(col.) : 29 cm.
- ISBN:
- 187628269X (paperback)
- Summary:
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To produce this book, Breeden and Ashman lived with and listened to the Djirribal, Girrimay, Djiru and Gulgnay people of Jumbun. The result is this sensitive account of how traditional culture is inextricably linked to their modern-day lives.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
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- Rain forests -- Queensland -- Innisfail Region
- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Northern Region -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature
- Art - Painting
- Habitation
- Environment - Climate and weather - Storms - Cyclones
- Gathering - Bush tucker
- Djiru / Dyiru people (Y124) (Qld SE55-06)
- Technology - Stone - Axes / hatchets
- Art - Crafts - Weaving
- Environment - Climate and weather - Floods
- Dyirbal / Djirbal / Jirrabul people (Y123) (Qld SE55-05)
- Malanbarra / Gulngay people (Y126) (Qld SE55-06)
- Gathering - Eggs
- Weapons - Shields
- Weapons - Boomerangs
- Art - Crafts - Bead works
- Technology - Fire - Fire making
- Literature and stories - Story telling and story tellers
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Environment - Conservation
- Girramay people (Y127) (Qld SE55-06)
- Tully River Region (Qld.)
- Queensland (Qld)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Breeden, Stanley, 1938-
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2001
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