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Waakarl
Waakarl is the story of the Rainbow Serpent and how he brings rain to the people of Perth in the Swan River area.The text is in English and Noongar.This title is available as a book and audio CD (not sold separately) and as a Talking Book DVD.
Walwalinj
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Noongar People, Noongar Land
This book is based on the expert anthropological report for the Noongar people's native title claim entitled "Single Noongar Native Title Claim (W6006 of 2003 & W6012 of 2003): anthropologist's report". The report was filed in the Federal Court of Australia in 2004.
Nyungar Tradition
History of Aborigines in the region; white contact; Swan River Colony; work; Aboriginal-police relations; marriage; Native Institution at Mt. Eliza, New Norcia Mission; Welshpool Reserve; right to drink alcohol; Nyungar family trees.
Politics of Māori Self-determination
This book concerns contemporary development in Maori as well as this nation's aspirations for greater autonomy. Mason Durie offers a detailed account of Maori's legislative efforts at self-determination by highlighting the legal battles and conflicting attitudes between Maori and the Crown. Environmental management, issues related to the retention of language and culture, Maori representation in Parliament, and the Treaty of Waitangi are among the topics covered in this balanced and reasonable socio-political assessment.
Kookoo Kookaburra
Age range 5 to 8 Kindness is like a boomerang -- if you throw it often, it comes back often. Kookoo the Kookaburra is the second heartwarming morality tale - set within the cultural context of theDreamtime -- by Queensland teacher Gregg Dreise. In the same vein as his first book Silly Birds (MagabalaBooks 2014) Dreise tells the story of Kookoo, a kind and well-loved kookaburra who is famous for entertainingthe other bush creatures with his funny stories. Everyone knows Kookoo has a special gift because he cantell funny stories about the other animals without hurting their feelings. However, when Kookoo runs out ofkind stories he turns to teasing and making fun of his friends' differences.Refusing to listen to the sage advice of his uncle, Kookoo gradually alienates all his friends until he findshimself alone and ignored by the other animals. When he finally listens to the sounds of his own laughterechoing around the bush and realises it has become an unhappy sound, Kookoo is forced to remember hisuncle's words and change his ways -- kindness is like a boomerang -- if you throw it often, it comes backoften.
Jack Charles
Jack Charles has worn many hats throughout his life: actor, cat burglar, musician, heroin addict, activist, even Senior Victorian Australian of the Year. But the title he's most proud to claim is that he's an Aboriginal Elder.
The Nyoongar Legacy
The Nyoongar Legacy is the result of decades of research into Nyoongar language by the Rt. Rev. Bernard Rooney OSB, Emeritus Abbot of New Norcia. It is a study of the Indigenous place-names of the south-west of Western Australia, including over 300 Indigenous place names from the region.Each entry offers an interpretation of the source for a particular place and the possible or probable meanings.The book includes a comprehensive dictionary of the Nyoongar language focusing on what is now known as the northern dialect.Divided into two sections, NyoongarEnglish and EnglishNyoongar, the dictionary is the result of the author's own grassroots experience of Nyoongar as a spoken language and offers the fruits of his extensive research into the available written sources.These sources include published dictionaries as well as unpublished wordlists dating back to the foundation of the colony of Western Australia.
Kaawar
Kaawar is the story of how the red-capped parrots were scared by the waalitj (eagle) and as they scattered they scraped their legs across a hill in the Stirling Ranges in WA. The marks left by the Kaawar can still be seen, along with the pathways they created through the hills.The Noongar people always used these pathways created by the kaawar as they fled from the waalitj. This beautifully illustrated book has an accompanying audio CD with Averil telling the story for her family.
