Dale Roberts Dale Roberts i(A45590 works by) (birth name: Dale Ruth Lockwood) (a.k.a. Dale Ruth Roberts; Dee Dale Mason)
Born: Established: 1947 Darwin, Darwin area, Northern Territory, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Shadows in the Mist : Shadows In The Mist Ainslie Roberts , Exile Bay : ETT Imprint , 2021 24518370 2021 selected work short story Indigenous story

'The Dreamtime myths of the Australian Aborigines are indeed an inseparable part of their life and their landscape. Their beliefs, expressed through those myths, form the very basis of their culture.

'This book presents a selection of Ainslie Roberts' artistic interpretations of those beliefs. The mystical conditions known to the Aborigines collectively as the Dreamtime belong to a time in their past - some 40,000 years ago - when their ancestral creators made their world. These creators shaped every feature of the earth: all the hills, the rivers and seas, all the plants and creatures and all the natural forces.

'Before this time of creation, Aboriginal earth had always existed as a large flat disc floating in space. Its uninhabited surface was a vast featureless plain, extending unbroken to the horizon. But beneath that monotonous surface were strange indeterminate forms of life that would eventually transform the forbidding landscape.

'And so they did. Mythical beings, many resembling giant creatures, began to emerge from out of the mists of time. They wandered all over the earth, shaping it into the world that the Aborigines know today. A man's Dreaming merged with the Dreamtime.'  (Publication summary)

1 3 y separately published work icon Our Way Stories Dale Roberts (editor), Athol Compton , Artie Williams , Dorothy Gordon , Gwen Williams , Uncle Magpie , Marie Delbridge , Mick Ryan , Viv Laurie , Harry Walker , Alstonville : 2016 9647598 2016 selected work life story

'Our Indigenous Elders are custodian of knowledge. This knowledge must be passed on from generation to generation.'

'As a way to preserve their extraordinary histories, Dale Roberts has been working along side our region’s most respected Elders for over 2 years to record their stories before they are lost. ...'

1 1 y separately published work icon Wanari's Dreamtime : Aboriginal myths for children Dale Roberts , Blackwood : Art Australia , 1989 Z872273 1989 selected work Indigenous story children's
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