Shirley Turner Shirley Turner i(23622615 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Arrernte
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1 Family Are like Rocks i "Family are like rocks | sometimes you want", Shirley Turner , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Best of Australian Poems 2021 2021; (p. 76)
1 1 y separately published work icon Althateme Shirley Turner , Amanda Turner (illustrator), Alice Springs : Children's Ground , 2021 23622638 2021 single work picture book children's

There is a place on the north Stuart highway,
50 kilometres, not far from town.
It’s a meeting place, a home,
A place where family and friends gather round.

'Althateme (McGrath's Dam) is a poem about a very special apmere (country). The site of Land Rights protests that started in 1985, McGrath's Dam has deep cultural and historical significance for families of Mpweringke Anapipe north of Mparntwe (Alice Springs). This beautiful Central/Eastern Arrernte and English book invokes memories of a joyful childhood, love of family, culture and apmere (Country), brought to life by vibrant illustrations.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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