Veronica Dobson Veronica Dobson i(A123572 works by) (a.k.a. Perrurle; Veronica Mary Dobson)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal Arrernte ; Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 y separately published work icon Anpernirrentye : Kin and Skin : Talking About Family in Arrernte Veronica Dobson , John Henderson , Alice Springs : IAD Press , 2013 7287341 2013 single work criticism

'Anpernirrentye (un-BURN-erin-ja) is the system of family relationships that is at the heart of the culture of the Arrernte people of Central Australia. This book describes the ways family and culture have connected people to each other, to their land, and to their Dreamings since the time of creation. Because we are related in these ways, we treat each other with respect.

This is the first book to give a step-by-step introduction to the words and ideas in Arrernte ways of talking about family. It will be useful for everyone learning about Arrernte language and culture, for anyone wanting to work in a respectful way with Arrernte people, and anyone wanting to learn about Aboriginal cultures more generally.' (Source: back cover)

1 5 y separately published work icon Iwenhe Tyerrtye : What It Means to Be an Aboriginal Person Margaret Kemarre Turner , Barry McDonald , Jill Walsh (editor), Margaret Kemarre Turner (translator), Veronica Dobson (translator), Alice Springs : IAD Press , 2010 Z1695094 2010 selected work life story

'Margaret Kemarre Turner OAM is a proud mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. These responsible relationships are her primary motivation to document for younger Aboriginal people, alongside her student and alere Barry McDonald Perrurle, her cultured understanding of the deep and interwining roots that hold all Australian Aboriginal people: Because if people like me and the other grandmothers we don't teach them now, then they probably won't get much more chances to learn.

'Margaret Kemarre Turner was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1997, 'for service to the Aboriginal community of Central Australia, particularly through preserving language and culture, and interpreting'. With Iwenhe Tyerrtye, Margaret Kemarre lays the knowledge foundations for an enhanced and extended dialogue, so that 'two cultures can hold each other':

'You've gotte talk, and really analyse words...to really get a full meaning of it... You cannot say anything without doing that...And that's how many, many things we as Aboriginal people have never described. Because it's really hard to describe to others the picture that we've got in our head. If they can't see that good picture, then there's no answer. Sometimes non-Aboriginal people go away with no answer then, and we're left with no answer as well.

'Margaret Kemarre's knowledge comes through her own Akarre language, though it is in Arrernte that she shares this generous giving of her profound world view. The translations between Arrernte and English are facilitated through the respectful relationship she shares with her niece, Veronica Perrurle Dobson.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)

1 y separately published work icon Arrernte Traditional Healing Arelhe-Kenhe Merrethene Veronica Dobson , Alice Springs : IAD Press , 2007 Z1587176 2007 selected work oral history
1 y separately published work icon Eastern and Central Arrernte to English Dictionary John Henderson , Veronica Dobson , Alice Springs : IAD Press , 1994 21029579 1994 reference information book

'This detailed record of the words, grammar, pronunciation and example sentences, produced by the people of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) will give you an insight into Arrernte culture and lifeways and open doors to communication.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Ingkwerlpe, Nthakenbe Iteme : How Aboriginal Prepared Bush Tobacco Veronica Dobson , Batchelor : School of Australian Linguistics , 1984 Z1765311 1984 single work prose Indigenous story
1 y separately published work icon Anwerne Alheke Yerrampeke We went for honey ants Veronica Dobson , Darwin : School of Australian Linguistics , 1983 Z1765352 1983 single work short story Indigenous story
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