Out of the desert : stories from the Walmajarri exodus / by Walmajarri storytellers Honey Bulagadie ... [et al.] ; edited by Eirlys Richards, Joyce Hudson and Pat Lowe
vi, 185 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Contents
Desert dramas -- Strange people, strange animals -- Exodus -- On the station
Summary
Out of the Desert is a compelling collection of stories, art and photographs from the Walmajarri people of the Great Sandy Desert, in north western Australia. It tells of their remarkable exodus from remote desert country to an unfamiliar modern society. Within only one generation the Walmajarri desert dwellers left their traditional places behind to face station life and a world far beyond the sandhills. These accounts of a recent past reveal the challenges of the epic journey north to station country, the courage of the Walmajarri in confronting the unknown, and their first contact with white people
Notes
Stories in English and Walmajarri
Bibliography
Bibliography: p. 185
Notes
Stories chiefly in parallel English and Walmatjari; some stories only in English; accompanying text in English
Western Australian Premier's Book Award winner 2002 (Non-Fiction Award)
