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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Us Mob Walawurru
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Central Australia 1960's ... Ruby lives on a cattle station and goes to the 'silver bullet' school, where she comes across Mr Duncan, her teacher. Ruby begins to question his unusual ways, and in doing so, awakens to her past and the differences between the two cultures and why they are at odds.

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Unit Suitable For AC: Year 8 (NSW Stage 4)

Duration Eight weeks

Themes

Aboriginal history and culture, Books by Indigenous creators, connection to place, connections to Country, courage, cultural differences, Day of the Girl, displacement, dispossession of land and culture, dreaming/creation stories, family, first contact, friendship, identity, Indigenous culture, inter-cultural relationships, land rights, reconciliation, Respect, responsibility

General Capabilities

Critical and creative thinking, Ethical understanding, Information and communication technology, Intercultural understanding, Literacy, Personal and social

Cross-curriculum Priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

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Notes

  • Dedication: For Gretta, Ruby, Archie and Basil. DS

    Dedication: For my late father whose stories have inspired me. LW

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

[Review] Us Mob Walawurru Lesley White , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 21 no. 1 2007; (p. 43-44)

— Review of Us Mob Walawurru David Spillman , Lisa Wilyuka , 2006 single work novel
[Review] Us Mob Walawurru Lyn Linning , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 15 no. 3 2007; (p. 39)

— Review of Us Mob Walawurru David Spillman , Lisa Wilyuka , 2006 single work novel ; Digger J. Jones Richard Frankland , 2007 single work novel
[Review] Us Mob Walawurru Sally Harding , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 22 no. 3 2007; (p. 38-39)

— Review of Us Mob Walawurru David Spillman , Lisa Wilyuka , 2006 single work novel
[Review] Us Mob Walawurru Heather Henderson , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time: The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 51 no. 2 2007; (p. 40)

— Review of Us Mob Walawurru David Spillman , Lisa Wilyuka , 2006 single work novel
[Review] Us Mob Walawurru Heather Henderson , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time: The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 51 no. 2 2007; (p. 40)

— Review of Us Mob Walawurru David Spillman , Lisa Wilyuka , 2006 single work novel
[Review] Us Mob Walawurru Sally Harding , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 22 no. 3 2007; (p. 38-39)

— Review of Us Mob Walawurru David Spillman , Lisa Wilyuka , 2006 single work novel
[Review] Us Mob Walawurru Lyn Linning , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 15 no. 3 2007; (p. 39)

— Review of Us Mob Walawurru David Spillman , Lisa Wilyuka , 2006 single work novel ; Digger J. Jones Richard Frankland , 2007 single work novel
[Review] Us Mob Walawurru Lesley White , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 21 no. 1 2007; (p. 43-44)

— Review of Us Mob Walawurru David Spillman , Lisa Wilyuka , 2006 single work novel
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