Jurttanti-kurangi single work   prose   Indigenous story  
Alternative title: The Grandmother and Grandson
Note: Transcribed by Rosemary Plummer and Samantha Disbray.
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Jurttanti-kurangi
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Notes

  • Editor's note: 'This story was told by Mantala (Teddy Plummer Jakkamarra B.E.M.), who was a great storyteller. His language and stories featured in many of the 1966 recordings by linguist Prith Chakravarti. Later, Mantala's daughter Rosemary Plummer wrote this version of the story, with linguist Samantha Disbay, and then checked by Jane Simpson.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: Aboriginal Warumungu AIATSIS Code: C18 NT , English
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    y separately published work icon NT Mob Sharing Stories in Language Bill Forshaw (editor), Broadway : Indigenous Literacy Foundation , 2023 26404293 2023 selected work prose Indigenous story dreaming story

    'The nine stories in this book come from nine different regions in the Northern Territory. They are written in the language spoken in that region and they are a mix of traditional stories and stories that reflect life as it is lived in those communities today. Each story has accompanying illustrations.

    'Sharing these favourite stories in this book will not only help make connections between Aboriginal communities stronger - Aboriginal people can read about what is the same as where they live and what is different - but they will also help non-Aboriginal people to better appreciate Aboriginal people and their connection to their countries and languages.

    'NT Mob Sharing Stories is a rich collection and a rare one as it is probably the first time these nine languages have been printed in a book together. This is a book that celebrates Aboriginal stories and languages and is one that should be in every home, school and library.' (Publication summary)

    Broadway : Indigenous Literacy Foundation , 2023
    pg. 70-79
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