Mary N. Malbunka Mary N. Malbunka i(A71187 works by)
Born: Established: 1959 Haasts Bluff, South West Northern Territory, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory, ; Died: Ceased: Oct 2004
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Pintupi ; Aboriginal Luritja / Loritja ; Aboriginal Warlpiri
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Mary Malbunka grew up at Papunya. She finished school at the age of seventeen. She worked in a variety jobs including, seamstress, cooking for the school, serving petrol and groceries at Papunya Store, cleaner for the hospital and the Papunya Council Office. In 1985, Malbanka commenced work at Papunya School. From here she became a literacy officer, writing and illustrating Luritja books for Papunya School.

Malbunka participated in the creation of Papunya School Book of Country and History, which won the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books in the 2002 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards and was joint overall winner of the 2002 Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing.

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y separately published work icon When I Was Little, Like You East Melbourne : Allen and Unwin , 2003 Z994085 2003 single work autobiography picture book children's

'As Mary Malbunka shares her stories of playing with friends, building cubby houses, climbing trees, collecting sugarbag, digging for honey ants, hunting for lizards, and learning about the seasons, animals and plants, she creates a vivid picture of a truly Australian childhood in which country - ngurra is life itself.

Warm and accessible, this is essentially an oral story, and it contains a number of words in Luritja whose meaning is explained in context and also within an extensive glossary. The book also interprets recurring symbols used in traditional Aboriginal painting.' Publishers blurb: http://www.allenandunwin.com (Sighted jad 11.01.10)

2004 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — CBCA Award for New Illustrator
2004 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
2004 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2003 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's History Prize New South Wales History Prize — Young People's History Prize
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