Marnkalpa single work   poetry   "They were picking up the seed part of spinifex...marnkalpa"
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Marnkalpa
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  • Recorded and translated from Kukatja, Wangkajunga and Ngarti Aboriginal languages to English text.

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    y separately published work icon Footprints Across Our Land : Short Stories by Senior Western Desert Women Jordan Crugnale , Broome : Magabala Books , 1995 Z533175 1995 anthology life story poetry prose 'The following collection of short stories and poetry was told by a group of senior Kukatja, Wangkajunga and Ngarti women based at Wirrimanu and Yaka Yaka communities. The women present their perspective on living in the desert, Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) and their encounters with kartiya (White people) in the 1930s and 1940s.' (Source: preface by Jordan Crugnale) Broome : Magabala Books , 1995 pg. 177-178
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