Barney Lindsay Barney Lindsay i(6719376 works by) (a.k.a. Winkie )
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Ngarrindjeri
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1 1 form y separately published work icon Ringbalin : River Stories Ellen Trevorrow , Cheryl Buchanan , Herb Wharton , Paul Gordon , Moogy Sumner , Barney Lindsay , Beryl Philp-Carmichael , Doreen Mitchell , ( dir. Ben Pederick ) Australia : 2013 6719448 2013 series - publisher film/TV multimedia

'Ringbalin River Stories is a documentary film mapping Indigenous stories of the Murray Darling Rivers told by Aboriginal Elders. The app geo-locates these stories in the landscapes of Australia’s greatest river. Powerful, intimate and profound, this is a major collection of remarkable site-specific short films, audio journeys and photo stories, all curated within beautiful hand painted interactive watercolour maps. ' (Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon The Wa:tji Bird Barney Lindsay , 2007 8396408 2007 single work prose dreaming story

A story about long ago when all the birds of the land were arguing. The eagle and the hawk argued over who was the best hunter. The pelican and the ibis argued over who had the longest beak. In addition, all the parrots were arguing about whom had the prettiest feathers. So one little bird, the Wa:Tji bird, suggested that to end all the arguments, they have a contest to see who could fly the highest.
1 Dreaming Stories and Children's Safety Barney Lindsay , 1990 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: The Ngarrindjeri People : Aboriginal People of the River Murray, Lakes and Coorong : An Aboriginal Studies Course for Secondary Students in Years 8-10 1990; (p. 58) 'One dreaded spirit, the Mulyawonk, (promounced mool-ya-wonk) lives in the water and fear of this spirit kept children in their camps at night and is still feared today.'
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