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Is part of Yinti Series Jimmy Pike , Pat Lowe , 2019 series - author children's fiction children's fiction autobiography (number 1 in series)
Note: Based on true stories told by Jimmy Pike.
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Yinti : Desert Child
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'Yinti, an Aboriginal child growing up in the Western Australian desert, has no contact with white people until the last chapter of the book.' Source: https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/ (Sighted 24/11/09)

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  • Yinti, Desert Child became book one of the Yinti Series in 2019. The original publication was not part of a series.

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Aboriginal Australians in Asia : Travel Experiences of Three Men from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia Pat Lowe , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Change - Conflict and Convergence : Austral-Asian Scenarios 2010; (p. 29-34)
[Review] Yinti : Desert Child Stephanie Owen Reeder , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 8 no. 4 1993; (p. 36)
— Review of Yinti : Desert Child Pat Lowe , Jimmy Pike , 1992 selected work children's fiction
[Review] Yinti : Desert Child Margot Nelmes , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 37 no. 2 1993; (p. 28)
— Review of Yinti : Desert Child Pat Lowe , Jimmy Pike , 1992 selected work children's fiction
Loss of Innocence in The Desert 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 2 December no. 40 1992; (p. 12)
— Review of Yinti : Desert Child Pat Lowe , Jimmy Pike , 1992 selected work children's fiction 'Yinti Desert Child is a fictionalised narrative based on real experiences as recorded in oral tradition and told to Pat Lowe. It tells of the rites of passage for a young boy-to-be-man from the Walmajarri people of the Great Sandy Desert. Skilfully penned by Pat Lowe and featuring the striking illustrations of renowned artist Jimmy Pike, Yinti Desert Child is about the history of the desert and first contact, from an Aboriginal vantage point.'
[Review] Yinti : Desert Child Margot Nelmes , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 37 no. 2 1993; (p. 28)
— Review of Yinti : Desert Child Pat Lowe , Jimmy Pike , 1992 selected work children's fiction
[Review] Yinti : Desert Child Stephanie Owen Reeder , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 8 no. 4 1993; (p. 36)
— Review of Yinti : Desert Child Pat Lowe , Jimmy Pike , 1992 selected work children's fiction
Loss of Innocence in The Desert 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 2 December no. 40 1992; (p. 12)
— Review of Yinti : Desert Child Pat Lowe , Jimmy Pike , 1992 selected work children's fiction 'Yinti Desert Child is a fictionalised narrative based on real experiences as recorded in oral tradition and told to Pat Lowe. It tells of the rites of passage for a young boy-to-be-man from the Walmajarri people of the Great Sandy Desert. Skilfully penned by Pat Lowe and featuring the striking illustrations of renowned artist Jimmy Pike, Yinti Desert Child is about the history of the desert and first contact, from an Aboriginal vantage point.'
Aboriginal Australians in Asia : Travel Experiences of Three Men from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia Pat Lowe , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Change - Conflict and Convergence : Austral-Asian Scenarios 2010; (p. 29-34)
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