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y separately published work icon Althateme single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Althateme
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

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.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: Aboriginal Arrernte AIATSIS ref. (C8) (NT SG53-02) AUSTLANG note: There are several dialects of Arrernte (cf. Koch 2004) but in this database, distinctions between Central Arrernte, Western Arrernte, Southern Arrernte, and Eastern Arrernte are not made , English
Notes:
Text in Central / Eastern Arrernte and English.

Works about this Work

Hot, Wild Heart Eleanor Hogan , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Inside Story , October 2022;

'Despite its extremes, Mparntwe Alice Springs still maintains a grip'

Hot, Wild Heart Eleanor Hogan , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Inside Story , October 2022;

'Despite its extremes, Mparntwe Alice Springs still maintains a grip'

Last amended 22 Dec 2021 08:41:07
Subjects:
  • Alice Springs, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory,
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