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History
This prize was offered at Ngara: The Fourth Australian Poetry Festival in 2004
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A Poets Union prize for the best published collection of poems in English by an indigenous Australian writer. This prize is now known as the Scanlon Prize for Poetry.
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Year: 2004
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Ngarla Songs
Alexander Brown
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Brian Geytenbeek
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Fremantle
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Fremantle Press
Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
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2003
Z1091225
2003
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'Ngarla Songs is a unique bilingual presentation of sixty-eight anecdotal songs composed by Ngarla people. They describe the thrill of the hunt, the wonder of whales and other events and life experiences as seen through Ngarla eyes.
...These cameos of everyday life in the Pilbara have been written down, translated and recorded in English. Alexander Brown and Brian Geytenbeek have worked together for ten years to capture the wit, wisdom and vibrancy expressed in these songs.' (Source: Fremantle Press website)
