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Main Title: Mowanjum : 50 years community history / compiled and edited by Mary Anne Jebb. Book Cover
Author: Jebb, Mary Anne.
Jebb, Mary Anne.
Mowanjum Aboriginal Community.
Mowanjum Artists Spirit of the Wandjina Aboriginal Corporation.
Publisher: Derby, W.A. : Mowanjum Aboriginal Community and Mowanjum Artists Spirit of the Wandjina Aboriginal Corporation,
Collation: vi, 276 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm.
Subject: First Nations Australians
First Nations Australians - - Politics and Australian culture
Worora (First Nations Australian people)
Ngarinyin (First Nations Australian people)
Wunambul (First Nations Australian people)
Mowanjum Community (WA)
Western Australia
Western Australia (Kimberley District)
ISBN: 9780646501239 (hbk.)
Notes:
"History of three Indigenous language groups in the Kimberley region of Western Australia..." Provided by publisher.

Contents:
Raising money for our book -- The story in brief: constantly moving -- Wandjinas create life, land and sea -- Stories for life -- In our own country -- Almara, Gardia and Malmalngarri passing through -- Life at Port George IV and Kunmunya Mission -- Munja: no school, no church -- Wotjulum: a community of three tribes -- Marriages and weddings -- Isolated in Bungarun -- Mowanjum: settled at last -- Jack Wherra: carving our own history -- Balance of power -- Dancing and dreaming -- Back to our countries with researchers -- Mananggam: never at rest -- New Mowanjum -- Station families -- All the kids coming up behind -- Music is everywhere at New Mowanjum -- Leading lights -- Returning -- How and why this book was made --

Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 273.
Result Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Main Library 305.801 WA KIMB POL Available