My story = Ngaginybe jarragbe
Purdie, Shirley, 1948-2020
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I am Shirley Purdie. This is my story = Ngayin-ga Birrmarriyan-nga Berrembi jarragbe ngaginybe. My mother shows me how to get bushtucker and she shows me how to paint. Now I'm a famous artist. My paintings are all over the world hanging in important places. Happy times. Told in English and Gija, this is the story of Shirley Purdie, famous Gija artist, as told through her paintings, as part of the Ngaalim-Ngalimboorro Ngagenybe exhibition created for the 2018 National Portrait Gallery exhibition So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history. The exhibition will be rehung, in Gallery 1, to coincide with the launch of My Story, along with a series of cultural engagement activities based on My Story. This is the first book in the Kimberley Art Centre Series. The series focuses on developing the skills of Kimberley Aboriginal artists in children's picture book storytelling and illustration.
My story = Ngaginybe jarragbe / Shirley Purdie ; Gija translation by Eileen Bray.
Purdie, Shirley, 1948-, authorBray, Eileen, translator
English & Gija.
Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2020.©2020
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 cm.
Parallel text in English and Gija.
0-9 years.
9781925936131 (hbk)9781925936131
759.994759920.00
English
Purdie, Shirley, 1948- -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fictionWomen artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fictionArtists, Aboriginal Australian -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fictionAboriginal Australians -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fictionStorytelling -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fictionBilingual books -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fictionChildren's stories -- Pictorial worksAustralian fictionPicture booksBiographical fiction
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Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous | 759 PUR | AvailableRecently returned |
Sandringham Library | Junior Picture Books | 920.00 | On order |