Title Dingo's tree / written and illustrated by Gladys Milroy and Jill Milroy

Published Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, [2011] Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, c2011 ©2011

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'BOOL CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Mil/Dtr		AVAILABLE

Description 46 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm regular print Summary This is the story of Dingo, Wombat, Crow and their friends as they struggle to exist alongside the devastation of mining that is tearing up their beautiful homeland. This powerful children's parable/cautionary tale on the destruction and havoc that mining causes to the land and to community is both touching and hard-hitting. The book consists of four chapters: Dingo's Tree, The Raindrop, The Tree that Walked and The Last Tree Analysis All Australian Indigenous Material Australian Australian fiction Notes "'Dingo's tree' was first published in the Westerly, Volume 54, Number 2, 2009"--T.p. verso Audience For primary school age Subject Aboriginal Australian literature. Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Children's stories -- Pictorial works. Dingo -- Juvenile fiction. Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore. Dingo -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Droughts -- Juvenile fiction. Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Ecology -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile fiction. Wombats -- Juvenile fiction. Wombats -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile. Dingo -- Fiction. Environmental degradation -- Fiction. Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects -- Fiction. Wombats -- Fiction. Genre/Form Picture books. Fiction. Illustrated works. Author Milroy, Jill, author, illustrator ISBN 1921248432 (hbk.) 9781921248436 (hbk.)

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