y separately published work icon Ngay Wik Kath In.An Waa.Ang Niiyant Than Ngak.Ang'an Thuch-Thuchi.In single work   short story   oral history   Indigenous story  
Alternative title: I Am Going To Tell You All This Story About Those Who Were Nearly Drowned
Issue Details: First known date: 1975... 1975 Ngay Wik Kath In.An Waa.Ang Niiyant Than Ngak.Ang'an Thuch-Thuchi.In
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'Ngay Wik Kath In.An Waa.Ang Niiyant Than Ngak.Ang'an Thuch-Thuchi.In : I Am Going To Tell You All This Story About Those Who Were Nearly Drowned, is a full account of an actual occurrence at Aurukun, N. Queensland, and recorded as part of the community's history. The story was written in Wik-Munkan by Topsy Walmby of Aurukan, while attending the 1974 Writers' Workshop of the Summer Institue for Linguistics in Darwin, Northern Territory.' (Source: Inside Cover)

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Language: English , Aboriginal Wik Mungkan AIATSIS Code: Y57 QLD
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