Margo Neale Margo Neale i(A65934 works by) (a.k.a. Margo Ngawa Neale; Ngawa Gurrawa)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal Wiradjuri ; Irish ; Aboriginal
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BiographyHistory

Margo Neale is of Irish and Indigenous heritage, with clan connections to the Wiradjuri People. Margo is a curator and art historian. She has served as Head of the Gallery of Aboriginal Australia at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

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y separately published work icon Songlines : First Knowledges for Younger Readers Port Melbourne : Thames and Hudson , 2023 26667512 2023 single work information book children's 'How do you find your way around, get your food and drink, connect with your friends and family? How do you know the right and safe way to do things, or how to make things? Before the white people came to the continent, all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples knew how to do all these things - and much, much more. Margo Ngawa Neale and Lynne Kelly invite you on a journey through the oldest, biggest library of knowledge on Earth. This knowledge isn't held in books: you will find it in Songlines of the land, sea and sky. Learn about history, art, song, science and more in this engaging and inviting introduction to Indigenous traditional knowledges, how they apply today and how they can help all people thrive into the future.' (Publication summary) 
2024 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
2024 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Book of the Year for Younger Children
2024 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Eve Pownall Award
y separately published work icon Songlines : The Power and Promise Port Melbourne : Thames and Hudson , 2020 20861610 2020 multi chapter work criticism

'Songlines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australia’s many Indigenous cultures flourished for over 60,000 years. Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic sense, these vast and robust stores of information are encoded through song, story, dance, art and ceremony, rather than simply recorded in writing.

'Weaving deeply personal storytelling with extensive research on mnemonics, Songlines: The Power and Promise offers unique insights into Indigenous traditional knowledges, how they apply today and how they could help all peoples thrive into the future. This book invites readers to understand a remarkable way for storing knowledge in memory by adapting song, art, and most importantly, Country, into their lives.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2021 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Award for Non-Fiction
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