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Language: English , Aboriginal Kukatja
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Roughtail : The Dreaming of the Roughtail Lizard and Other Stories Told by the Kukatja
Tjarany : Tjaranykura Tjukurrpa Ngaanpa Kalkinpa Wangka Tjukurrtjanu;
Tjarany : Roughtail
Lucille Gill
(illustrator),
Broome
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Magabala Books
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1990
Z843149
1990
selected work
children's fiction
children's
Indigenous story
'Tjarany Roughtail contains eight dreamtime stories from the Kukatja people of Western Australia’s remote Kimberley Region. Each story is complemented by beautiful artworks painted by Aboriginal artist Lucille Gill that visually explain each story using traditional dot paintings. Told in English and Kukatja, the book includes magnificent paintings, maps, kinship diagrams, exercises and language notes. Winner of Children's Book Council of Australia Award.'
Tjarany Roughtail : The Dreaming of the Roughtail Lizard and Other Stories Told by the Kukatja Tjarany : Tjaranykura Tjukurrpa Ngaanpa Kalkinpa Wangka Tjukurrtjanu Broome : Magabala Books , 1990 pg. 30-33Note: In Kukatja language text with parallel translation in English.
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