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Main Title:	Words from the West : a glossary of Western Australian terms / compiled by Maureen Brooks, Joan Ritchie ; illustrated by Jay Arthur, Robert Brooks.
Author:	Brooks, Maureen, 1949- Ritchie, Joan, 1946- Australian National Dictionary Centre
Imprint:	Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Collation:	222 p. : ill., maps, pbk ; 20 cm.

Subject:	English language First Nations Australians - - Language Dictionaries Slang and colloquialisms Western Australia
ISBN:	9780195536287 (pbk.) 0195536282 (pbk.) :
Notes:	Includes references to some Aboriginal languages and words from Aboriginal languages. Bibliography: p. 220-222.

Result	Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
	Non-Fiction	Main Library	427 WES BRO	Available

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