Mangkatina : Woman of the Desert single work   biography  
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Mangkatina : Woman of the Desert
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Alice Mangkatina was born in clan country in pre-contact times, and then oved to European settlement of Yalata. This is her story of how she and her family maintained their strong ritual life.

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    y separately published work icon Fighters and Singers : The Lives of Some Australian Aboriginal Women Isobel White (editor), Betty Meehan (editor), Diane Elizabeth Barwick (editor), Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1985 Z1396303 1985 selected work biography

    'The literature on Australian Aborigines is vast, but much of it is strangely silent about the experiences and activities of women. This collection of stories of the eventful lives and strong characters of a number of Aboriginal women offers a more intimate and personal view. Their lives span a century of history in fifteen communities scattered from Cape York Peninsula, Arnhem Land and East Kimberley to the Western Desert, the Centre, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.' (Source: Publisher's website)

         Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1985     pg. 214-226
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Subjects:
  • Yalata, Nullarbor area (South Australia), Far North South Australia, South Australia,
  • Blackstone Ranges, Central desert areas, Western Australia,
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