Title Wilam : a Birrarung story / aunty Joy Murphy & Andrew Kelly ; with illustrations by Lisa Kennedy

Published Newtown, N.S.W. : Black Dog Books, 2019 Newtown, N.S.W. : Black Dog Books, 2019 ©2019

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB CRC	PICTURE BOOK Mur/Wab		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	PICTURE BOOK Mur/Wab		AVAILABLE
MELB CRC	PICTURE BOOK Mur/Wab		AVAILABLE

Description 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 x 30 cm Summary As ngua rises, Bunjil soars over mountain ash, flying higher and higher as the wind warms. Below, Birrarung begins its long winding path down to palem warreen. Wilam - home. Yarra River keeper Andrew Kelly joins Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy to tell the Indigenous and geographical story of Melbourne’s Yarra river, from its source to its mouth; from its pre-history to the present day Notes 2-6 years Text in English with words from Woiwurrung language Shortlisted by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for the 2020 "Eve Pownall Award" Subject Children stories -- Pictorial works Rivers -- Juvenile fiction Stream ecology -- Juvenile fiction Stream animals -- Juvenile fiction Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction Woiwurrung language -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories -- Pictorial works Picture books. Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature Rivers -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature Stream ecology -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature Stream animals -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature Aboriginal Australians. Rivers. Stream animals. Stream ecology. SUBJECT Yarra River (Vic.) -- Juvenile fiction Yarra River (Vic.) -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature Subject Victoria -- Yarra River. Genre/Form Juvenile works. Pictorial works. Picture books. Picture books. Author Kelly, Andrew, author. Kennedy, Lisa, 1963-, illustrator. LC no. be2019009997 ISBN 9781925381764 (hardback)

Other Titles Birrarung story

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