Yarrtji. Six Women's Stories from the Great Sandy Desert
by PETER, Sonya and Pamela LOFTS (editors)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press, 1997. Oblong quarto, 204 pages with numerous of colour illustrations from photographs. Colour pictorial card covers; corners very slightly rubbed; an excellent copy. The 'initiative of six senior Ngarti and Kukatja women who are living at Yaka Yaka and Balgo communities on the edge of the great Sandy Desert in Western Australia. The women want to share their life stories with a wider Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal audience by conveying their experiences, perceptions beliefs, values and connections to the land' (from the introduction). The six women are Tjama Freda Napanangka, Payi Payi Napangarti, Martingale Mudgedel Napangangka, Kuninyi Rita Nampitjin, Nanyuma Rosie Napurrula and Millie Skeen Nampitjin. Translations by Tjama Freda Napanangka and Patricia Lee Napangarti.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138045
- Title
- Yarrtji. Six Women's Stories from the Great Sandy Desert
- Author
- PETER, Sonya and Pamela LOFTS (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press
- Place of Publication
- Canberra
- Date Published
- 1997
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