Gawngan and the Marriage Tree. / Steve Trotter
- Bib ID:
- 10007929
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Trotter, Steve, 1969-, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library of New South Wales
- Description:
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- Pottsville, New South Wales : Magpie Publishers, 2023
- 1 online resource (30 pages)
- File Characteristics:
- text file PDF 2.0MB
- ISBN:
- 9780645178449
- Series:
- Australia's Black History ; 2.
- Summary:
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Set on the Far North Coast of NSW on the coastal lands around present day Ballina and Evan's Head, 'Gawngan and the Marriage Tree' tells the story of Gawngan, a young woman, who desperately wants to be free from an arranged marriage to a bully. The story revolves around the Bundjalung custom that dubay-mir (young women) could have marriages annulled if they successfully climbed a special tree and removed a set number of branches from it.
- Subject:
- Genre/Form:
- Electronic books
- Terms of Use:
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2023
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