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Title Big river country : stories from Elsey Station / told by Amy Dirngayg ... [et al.] ; compiled by Francesca Merlan
Published Alice Springs, N.T. : IAD Press, 1996

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Description xiii, 84 p. : ill., map, ports ; 25 cm
Summary Roper River Aboriginal people tell tales from We of the Never Never country
Notes All but three stories are transcribed in English and the Mangarrayi language
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 84)
Notes Stories chiefly in Mangarayi and English in parallel columns; two stories in Kriol
Subject Mangerai language -- Texts
Aborigines, Australian -- Northern Territory -- Roper River -- Folklore
Aboriginal Australians -- Roper River Region (N.T.) -- Folklore
Aborigines, Australian -- Northern Territory -- Roper River -- History
Aboriginal Australians -- Roper River Region (N.T.) -- History
Australian aborigines -- Northern Territory -- Roper River -- Folklore
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Roper River (N.T.) -- History
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Roper River (N.T.) -- Folklore
Aborigines, Australian -- Australia -- Roper River Region (N.T.) -- History
Aborigines, Australian -- Australia -- Roper River Region (N.T.) -- Folklore
Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Roper River Region -- History
Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Roper River Region -- Folklore
Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Roper River -- History
Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Roper River -- Folklore
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Roper River Region (N.T.) -- History
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Roper River Region (N.T.) -- Folklore
Mangarayi language -- Texts
Kriol language -- Texts
Language - Texts and translations - Aboriginal to non-Aboriginal language.
History - Biographies - Indigenous.
Stories and motifs.
Stories and motifs - Mythological beings.
Settlement and contacts.
Land rights - Claims, disputes, hearings.
Mangarrayi / Mangarayi language (N78) (NT SD53-09)
Mangarrayi / Mangarayi people (N78) (NT SD53-09)
Kriol language.
Aboriginal Australians.
Kriol language.
Mangarayi language.
Mangarrayi language N78.
Mangarayi language N78.
Kriol language P1.
SUBJECT Elsey Station (N.T.) -- History
Elsey Station (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85042646
Subject Djilkminggan / Elsey (NT Upper Roper SD53-09, SD53-13)
Roper River map area (East Arnhem Land NT SD53-11)
Northern Territory -- Elsey Station.
Genre/Form Folklore.
History.
Texts.
Author Merlan, Francesca.
Dirngayg, Amy.
LC no. 96205383
ISBN 0949659924