Eirlys Richards Eirlys Richards i(A71348 works by) (a.k.a. Eirlys Gwladys Richards)
Gender: Female
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1 Jukuna's Story Jukuna Mona Chuguna , Eirlys Richards (translator), 2004 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Two Sisters : Ngarta and Jukuna 2004; (p. 81-133)
1 [Review Essay] Growing Up Kaytetye : Stories Eirlys Richards , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2004; (p. 114- 115)

— Review of Growing Up Kaytetye : Stories Tommy Kngwarraye Thompson , 2003 selected work short story life story

'An arresting cover, with the title superimposed over an engaging photo of two Kaytetye children, sets the tone for Growing up Kaytetye. It is a book of stories, holding the theme of beginnings, culture and history of the Kaytetye people originally told by Tommy Kngwarraye Thompson in his mother tongue and transcribed by Myfany Turpin. But don’t be alarmed, there is a translation. Turpin has, in collaboration with Thompson and others, produced a paragraph-byparagraph Australian English translation which has been written in a clear English style. The two languages are contrasted by the use of two-colour print so that it is easy to follow either of the languages.' (Introduction)

1 9 y separately published work icon Two Sisters : Ngarta and Jukuna Ngarta Jinny Bent , Jukuna Mona Chuguna , Pat Lowe , Eirlys Richards (translator), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2004 Z1091243 2004 selected work autobiography biography 'For the first 150 years of European settlement in Australia the Walmajarri people of the Great Sandy Desert remained untouched by Western influence. The First World War came and went, and left no impression in the sandhills. The Second World War had faint reverberations, but no one in the desert had heard of Hitler or Churchill, nor even the Australian prime minister John Curtin. The Vietnam War, about which they had heard nothing, was still in progress when two sisters, Jukuna and Ngarta, finally emerged from the Great Sandy Desert. It would be later still before they first heard the word Australia and learned that they were not only Walmajarri, but also Australians. This is their extroadinary story.' (Source: Back cover, 2004 edition)
1 3 y separately published work icon Out of the Desert : Stories from the Walmajarri Exodus Eirlys Richards (editor), Pat Lowe (editor), Joyce Hudson (editor), Broome : Magabala Books , 2002 Z995900 2002 anthology autobiography short story Indigenous story

This work reveals the stories behind the historic exodus of the Walmajarri people from the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. Seventeen Walmajarri storytellers give insights into their lives which straddled both the traditional and modern worlds.

1 1 y separately published work icon Minya Manpangu Marnu Yapajangka : Stories from Our Childhood Minya Manpangu Marnu Yapajangka = Stories from Our Childhood; Minya Manpangu Marnu Yapajangka Eirlys Richards (editor), Kimberley Language Resource Centre (translator), Halls Creek : Kimberley Language Resource Centre , 1999 Z1607759 1999 anthology oral history

These stories come from around Lake Gregory in Western Australia. They are windows into the early lives of lake dwellers. Some of the older storytellers experienced first contact with white people, while others grew up on the sheep and cattle stations that soon spread over their homelands. In contrast with mainstream accounts, these stories look at history through the eyes of the local people. They give snapshots of a world the storytellers left behind and personal accounts of their reactions to the new and often unsympathetic way of life. (Publisher's Note)


'These stories come from around Lake Gregory in Western Australia. They are windows into the early lives of lake dwellers. Some of the older storytellers experienced first hand contact with white people, while others grew up on the homelands. In contrast with mainstream accounts, these stories look at history through the eyes of the loval people. They give snapshots of a world the storytellers left behind and personal accounts of their reactions to the new and often unsympathetic way of life.' Source: Publisher's note.

1 y separately published work icon Wangki Ngarangkanijangka Talk from the Dreamtime Eirlys Richards , Joyce Hudson , Darwin : Summer Institute of Linguistics , 1971 Z1722026 1971 single work children's fiction children's Indigenous story
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