form y separately published work icon Dust Echoes : Ancient Stories, New Voices website   film/TV   dreaming story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Dust Echoes : Ancient Stories, New Voices
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The Dust Echoes consists of twelve dreamtime stories from the Wugularr Community in Arnhem Land located in the northern Territory of Australia. Narrated by Tom E. Lewis, this series has been screened during film festivals throughout the world. The Dust Echoes provides young people with 12 dreamtime stories to inspire interest and respect for Aboriginal culture

Contents

* Contents derived from the 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Whirlpool, Angelina George , Betty Roberts , prose dreaming story

'Whirlpool shows the pursuit of one group of Aboriginal people by their enemy neighbours. The first group is trapped, but is saved by the serpent they summon from the river. It creates a whirlpool that destroys the enemy group.' (Publication abstract)

Mermaid Story, Chris Kelley , prose dreaming story

'An old man, feeling unwanted, leaves his group, and is taken to an underwater life by mermaid spirits. He misses his family, and chooses to return to life above ground with them.'  (Publication abstract)

Brolga Song, Victor Hood , Gordon Forrest , prose dreaming story

'A boy is alone, without his father or grandfather to teach him his proper place in life. He searches for the spirit of his fathers, and finally finds them in the brolgas.' (Abstract)

Morning Star, Victor Hood , prose dreaming story

'A camp has experienced its first death, so Mardiyhin must begin the ceremony of birth, life and death. Morning Star is a very ancient story. The storyteller, Victor Hood, says it comes ‘from the dust’, which means it comes from the Dreamtime. This story is told in Rembarrnga language.'

Source: Nunga Screen 2024.

Namorrodor, Pamela Weston , Glynn Wesan (translator), prose dreaming story

'A shooting star crosses the night sky. This meteor transforms into a terrifying spirit creature that is attracted to the smell of cooking meat and hunts babies to eat their hearts. This ancient Yirritja story is told throughout Arnhem Land region.'

Source: Nunga Screen 2024.

The Curse, Pamela Weston , prose dreaming story
Moon Man, Vera Cameron , prose dreaming story

'Moonman tells the story of two brothers who were selfish and inconsiderate, and who were killed by their father as punishment. In turn, the man's wives killed him by fire.

The Be, Jimmy Wesan , prose dreaming story

'A mysterious stranger is too shy to enter a camp, but does so when he discovers that he is related to the people.

Spear, Jimmy Wesan , prose dreaming story

'A man in a family group envies another man, s magical spear. He tries to steal the spear, but is caught and punished, and then brought back into the group.

Wagalak Sisters, Vera Cameron , prose dreaming story

'In this creation story, the Wagalak sisters are seduced by humans and lose their powers.'

The Bat and the Butterfly, Tom E. Lewis , prose dreaming story

'A young man abducts a woman, and keeps her as a prisoner in a cave. Her family is not able to rescue her. As a final resort she turns into a butterfly and escapes. When her captor turns into a bat to chase her he is driven back into the cave by the hunters in the girl's family.'

The Mimis, Wugularr Community , prose dreaming story

'A young boy anxious to prove himself tries to go hunting in the evening.

'This is the time of day when the mimis come out of their underworld to prepare the land for the next day. The boy follows the mimi spirits and is missed by the rest of the camp.

'The story is owned by the Dhuwa moiety at Wugularr (Beswick) Community.'

Source: Dust Echoes (ABC).

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y separately published work icon Storytelling Melbourne : ABC Splash , 2017 16600038 2017 website prose
White shadows: The Gothic Tradition in Australian Aboriginal Literature Katrin Althans , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: A Companion to Australian Aboriginal Literature 2013; (p. 139-154)

In this chapter, the author argues '...to appreciate the many shapes of the Gothic in Aboriginal literature takes, it is necessary to consider the discursive peculiarities of the Gothic and to rewind to the eighteenth century before fast-forwarding to contemporary Aboriginal literature.' (Introduction)

Reading and Viewing : Digital Deborah McPherson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 2 2011; (p. 93)

— Review of Dust Echoes : Ancient Stories, New Voices 2004 website film/TV
Reading and Viewing : Digital Deborah McPherson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 2 2011; (p. 93)

— Review of Dust Echoes : Ancient Stories, New Voices 2004 website film/TV
y separately published work icon Storytelling Melbourne : ABC Splash , 2017 16600038 2017 website prose
White shadows: The Gothic Tradition in Australian Aboriginal Literature Katrin Althans , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: A Companion to Australian Aboriginal Literature 2013; (p. 139-154)

In this chapter, the author argues '...to appreciate the many shapes of the Gothic in Aboriginal literature takes, it is necessary to consider the discursive peculiarities of the Gothic and to rewind to the eighteenth century before fast-forwarding to contemporary Aboriginal literature.' (Introduction)

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