Beryl Harp Beryl Harp i(A48849 works by)
Born: Established: 1935 Brookton area, York - Brookton - Quairading area, Northam - Southern Cross area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Noongar / Nyoongar / Nyoongah / Nyungar / Nyungah / Noonygar
(Storyteller) assertion
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BiographyHistory

Beryl Harp is a Nyoongar woman and was born in the bush under a tree in the Beverley/Brookton area. She is a well respected elder of the Noonygar Community and is highly sought after presenter for Nyoongar welcomes in the Perth metropolitian area. Beryl an illustrator of the children's storybook The Dream and has published a Nyoongar language book and tapes. She has also delivered workshops on Nyungar language to international students at Curtin University, as well as staff and students at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Dream Broome : Magabala Books , 1991 Z843311 1991 single work picture book dreaming story A dreamtime story about Bami, a young girl who is carried away to a far land by a Wanbar before being rescued by two children and the wind, Mam Maarang.
1992 winner The TDK Australian Audio Book Awards — Children's/Young Adult Literature
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