| Description |
xv, 144 Seiten : chiefly colour illustrations, illustrations, colour maps, Portraits ; 23 x 29 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Ninu -- Why I am recording my story -- My family -- Locations in Nura's story -- My father and mother -- My birth -- My childhood -- Travelling the country -- Marries life -- My working life -- Grandmother's law -- Afterword -- Afterword from the compilers -- Glossary -- A note about language -- A message from Ara Irititja -- Acknowledgements |
| Summary |
Nura Nungalka Ward was a Yankunytjatjara woman from the Central Desert. Nura was born during a time when Central Desert people were leaving their homelands and entering a society they did not know. She was born at Katjikatji and spent her early years living at Ernabella. She was continually running away to join her parents, who were station workers, as she preferred living in the bush and being connected to country. Ninu Grandmothers' Law is a definitive account of a traditional lifestyle and way of thinking. Accompanied by exceptional archival photographs, it is an evocative, compelling chronicle and cultural philosophy of a time almost forgotten. Part biography, part customs manual and food guide, part traditional social history and women's customs and governance, it is a rare testament to one woman's advocacy for her family, people and culture. --Publisher |
| Analysis |
Ward, Nura Nungalka |
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Women, Aboriginal Australian / Biography |
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Yankunytjatjara (Australian people) / Biography |
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Aboriginal Australians / Australia / Central Australia / Biography |
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Aboriginal Australians / Australia / Central Australia / Social life and customs |
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Central Australia / Biography |
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Aboriginal Australians |
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Aboriginal Australians / Social life and customs |
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Women, Aboriginal Australian |
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Yankunytjatjara (Australian people) |
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Australia / Central Australia |
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Autobiographies |
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Biography |
| Notes |
Nura's stories were recorded in her own language and then translated into English by Linda Rive - page 144 |
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Translated from the Pitjantjatjara ; einige Textstellen in Pitjantjatjara |
| Genre/Form |
Autobiografie.
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| Author |
Thompson, Melissa, 1973- Verfasser eines Vorworts.
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Goodall, Heather Verfasser eines Vorworts.
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| ISBN |
9781925360547 |
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1925360547 |
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