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y separately published work icon Dugong Hunting : Gendabaliyagu single work   picture book   children's   Indigenous story  
Note: Illustrated by Year 9-10 boys.
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Dugong Hunting : Gendabaliyagu
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'Diin yuunymen ngalu, dilanthaarr barguwenku wanginjitharr. (This is an old-time story about when people used to go about with nets, long ago.) This story tells of a group of men hunting dugong with giant nets at the mouth of Sandalwood River on Mornington Island. It is told in both English and Lardil.' (Source: Online)

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Language: English , Aboriginal Lardil AIATSIS ref. (G38) (Qld SE54-01)
Notes:
Text in both English and Lardil languages.
Last amended 11 Jun 2018 15:13:13
Subjects:
  • Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,
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