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Author Benterrak, Krim, 1952- author

Title Reading the country : introduction to nomadology / Krim Benterrak, Stephen Muecke, Paddy Roe with Ray Keogh, Butcher Joe (Nangan), E M Lohe
Edition Revised edition
Published Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1996
Prahran, Melbourne : re.press, 2014
©1984

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Description 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Summary Explores the meaning and politics of place (Roebuck Plains) through Aboriginal narratives, songs, conversations, photographs and paintings, together with European historical, geographic and geological knowledge; linked by a series of explanatory, exploratory and analytical essays on history, anthropology, critical theory and painting; interview with Peter Yu, NAC representative
Analysis Australian
Indigenous knowledge - World view
Literature and stories - Story telling and story tellers
Music - Vocal
Roebuck Plains (WA West Kimberley SE51-10)
Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
Settlement and contacts - Explorers - European
Settlement and contacts - Explorers
Sites - Dreaming tracks
Stories and motifs
Notes Library's N copy is signed by the author, Krim Benterrak, S. Muecke, Paddy Roe on page 252. ANL
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269)
Subject Yu, Peter, 1955-
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Roebuck Plains (W.A.)
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Roebuck Plains
Geographical perception.
Nomads -- Australia -- Roebuck Plains (W.A.)
SUBJECT Roebuck Plains (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86000749
Roebuck Plains (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86000749 -- Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001269
Genre/Form Mental maps.
Maps.
Author Keogh, Ray, author
Lohe, E. M, author
Muecke, Stephen, 1951- author
Nangan, Butcher Joe, -1989, author
Roe, Paddy, author
ISBN 9780992373429