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Author Brooks, David, 1950-

Title The Arrernte landscape of Alice Springs / by David Brooks, for the Mparntwe people ; illustrations by Shawn Dobson
Published Alice Springs, N.T. : Institute for Aboriginal Development, [1991]
©1991

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  919.4291 Bro/Alo  AVAILABLE
Description 24 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 15 x 21 cm
Summary Totemic significance and stories of the environment around Alice Springs, Mparntwe; and the changes that have taken place there; Caterpillar beings; Wild dog creator being; sites viewed from Anzac Hill; sites viewed from Annie Meyer Hill; in the construction of Barrett Drive Ntarlkarle Tyaneme, a site registered under the Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act was dynamited and bulldozed; charges were laid but it was found that the Act was not binding on the Crown; site where visiting caterpillars from Mount Zeil held cerermonies with the Yeperenye caterpillars
Notes Bibliography; p. 24
Bibliography Bibliography: page 24
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Alice Springs Region (N.T.) -- Folklore
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Alice Springs Region (N.T.) -- Legends
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs Region -- Legends
Aranda (Australian people) -- Australia -- Alice Springs (N.T.) -- Legends.
Aranda (Australian people) -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs (N.T.) -- Legends.
Aranda (Australian people) -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs -- Folklore
Aranda (Australian people) -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs -- Legends
Folklore -- Northern Teritory -- Alice Springs -- Australia -- Alice Springs (N.T.)
Sacred sites (Aboriginal Australian) -- Australia -- Alice Springs (N.T.)
Sacred sites (Aboriginal Australian) -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs
Sacred sites (Australian Aboriginal) -- Australia -- Alice Springs (N.T.)
Sacred sites (Australian Aboriginal) -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs (N.T.)
Sacred sites (Australian Aboriginal) -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs
SUBJECT Alice Springs (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82070039 -- Folklore. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001556
Alice Springs (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82070039 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
Alice Springs (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82070039 -- Folklore. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001947
Author Dobson, Shawn
Institute for Aboriginal Development (Alice Springs, N.T.)
LC no. 96005962
ISBN 0949659622