Donny Woolagoodja Donny Woolagoodja i(A89323 works by)
Born: Established: 1947 Kunmunya, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Worora ; Aboriginal
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1 We Had a Great Time When We Were Growing Up Marjorie Mungulu , Donny Woolagoodja , 2008 single work life story
— Appears in: Mowanjum : 50 Years Community History 2008; (p. 105-111)
1 Dedication Song i "Our people came down from the north", Donny Woolagoodja (composer), 2008 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: Mowanjum : 50 Years Community History 2008;
1 y separately published work icon Keeping the Wanjinas Fresh : Sam Woolagoodja and the Enduring Power of Lalai Valda Blundell , Donny Woolagoodja , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2005 Z1199019 2005 single work biography Keeping the Wanjinas Fresh: Sam Woolagoodja and the Enduring Power of Lalai is the story of the people of the Wanjinas [Wandjinas] and their unbroken living cosmology of Lalai- the Dreaming- manifest most memorably in the dazzling giant Wanjina designed by Donny Woolagoodja for the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics. It is also the story of Sam Wollagoodja who was responsible for repainting the sacred wandjinas in many of the rock shelters that dot the Kimberley landscape and...to paint the sacred stories on bark and board for Worora children living far from their homelands. (Source: Publishers Blurb)
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