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Perfect for readers interested in Indigenous cultures, language preservation, art, and creation stories. Suitable for all ages, including families and educators seeking to explore Australian Aboriginal heritage.
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Mamang was created as part of an Indigenous language recovery project led by Kim Scott and the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project. From a creation story told to the American linguist Gerhardt Laves at Albany, Western Australia, around 1931, and returned to the Noongar people by his family after his death in the 1980s, the story was workshopped through a series of community meetings involving eldersβsome of whom told stories to Laves in 1931βartists and linguists.
Artists Jeffrey Farmer, Helen Nelly and Roma Winmar have created stunning illustrations to accompany the testimonial story. Presented in both Noongar and English language, this art book will inspire and delight all ages.
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ISBN: 9781742582962
Publisher: UWA Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 September 2011
Country: Australia
Imprint: UWAP
Illustration: Illustrations
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Jeffrey Farmer
- Illustrated by Helen Nelly
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 276.0mm
Height: 225.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 36
About the Author
The Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project Incorporated is an association with aims of reclaiming, supporting, promoting and maintaining Wirlomin Noongar cultural heritage. They work to reclaim Wirlomin stories and dialect, in support of the maintenance of Noongar language, and to share them with Noongar families and communities as part of a process to claim, control and enhance Wirlomin Noongar cultural heritage. More information can be found on the Wirlomin Noongar Language and StoriesΒ website.
Kim Scott is a descendant of people living along the south coast of Western Australia prior to colonisation, and is proud to be one among those who call themselves Noongar. He began writing for publication shortly after he became a secondary school teacher of English.Β True Country, his first novel, was published in 1993. His subsequent books includeΒ Benang: From the HeartΒ (1999),Β Kayang & MeΒ (2005),Β That Deadman DanceΒ (2010) andΒ TabooΒ (2017). Kimβs writing has won numerous national and international awards, including the Miles Franklin Literary Award (twice) and the Commonwealth Writersβ Prize. He is currently Professor of Writing at Curtin University in Western Australia.
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