Sam Woolagoodjah Sam Woolagoodjah i(A3182 works by) (a.k.a. Sam Woolagoodja)
Born: Established: ca. 1905 Koolan Island, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 1979 Mowanjum, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Worora ; Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 2 form y separately published work icon Lalai Dreamtime Sam Woolagoodjah , ( dir. Michael Edols ) Sydney : Michael Edols Films , 1975 Z1510433 1975 single work film/TV

Lalai Dreamtime explores the passing on of traditional wisdom, as an old man takes his son to a sacred place to explain about their ancestors, the "Wandjinas," and outline their mythical foundations. It also shows the traditional life of the Worora tribe.

Filmmaker Michael Edols encouraged Sam Woolagoodjah and his family to return (after thirty years' absence) to their Worora tribal lands and to re-enact for the camera some of their sacred dreaming stories and traditional ways.

2 1 Lalai (Dreamtime) i "Dreamtime,", Michael Silverstein , Sam Woolagoodjah , Andrew Huntley (translator), Sydney : Aboriginal Arts Board , 1975 Z1510410 1975 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry 1986; (p. 196-200) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 1-5) Ariel , April vol. 19 no. 2 1988; (p. 47-52) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1996; (p. 1-5) Wisdom from the Earth : The Living Legacy of the Aboriginal Dreamtime 1998; (p. 56-57)
1 Lizards at Eagle Point Ian M. Crawford (interviewer), Sam Woolagoodjah , 1968 single work oral history
— Appears in: The Art of the Wandjina : Aboriginal Cave Paintings in Kimberley, Western Australia 1968; (p. 124)
1 The Manning Creek Crocodile Ian M. Crawford (interviewer), Sam Woolagoodjah , 1968 single work oral history
— Appears in: The Art of the Wandjina : Aboriginal Cave Paintings in Kimberley, Western Australia 1968; (p. 119, 120)
1 Sugarbag Ian M. Crawford (interviewer), Sam Woolagoodjah , 1968 single work oral history prose dreaming story
— Appears in: The Art of the Wandjina : Aboriginal Cave Paintings in Kimberley, Western Australia 1968; (p. 117, 118)
1 The Death of Namarali The Death of Daualindi Ian M. Crawford (interviewer), Sam Woolagoodjah , 1968 single work oral history prose dreaming story
— Appears in: The Art of the Wandjina : Aboriginal Cave Paintings in Kimberley, Western Australia 1968; (p. 55, 56)
1 Bunggudmana and the Owl Ian M. Crawford (interviewer), Sam Woolagoodjah , 1968 single work oral history prose dreaming story
— Appears in: The Art of the Wandjina : Aboriginal Cave Paintings in Kimberley, Western Australia 1968; (p. 49)
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