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Barddabardda Wodjenangorddee : we're telling all of you : the creation, history and people of Dambeemangaddee country

2017
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For countless generations, coastal country in the west Kimberley region of northwest Australia has been the home of Dambeemangaddee Traditional Owners. Barddabardda Wodjenangorddee- We're Telling All of You describes the deep history of this country. In it our senior people describe our country's creation during Lalai and provide recollections of our ancestors' lives.The book also draws on archival sources and information Dambeemangaddee people had shared with early missionaries and anthropologists, while incorporating cultural knowledge our senior people have imparted over the past four decades to the book's compilers and authors. The result is a book that contains an unprecedented level of detail regarding our history, culture and country- the Aboriginal names of some three hundred ancestors, many born in the mid-1800s; their connections to country and to each other; their responses to the arrival of explorers, missionaries and others in our country; and their often heroic efforts to sustain our traditions and care for our country despite outsiders' attempts to regulate their lives and displace them from our lands.
Main title:
Barddabardda Wodjenangorddee : we're telling all of you : the creation, history and people of Dambeemangaddee country / based on the cultural knowledge and recollections of Janet Oobagooma, Donny Woolagoodja and other senior Dambeemangaddee people ; compiled and written in collaboration with Dambeemangaddee People by Valda Blundell ...[et al.].
Imprint:
Derby, W.A. : Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation, 2017.
Collation:
416 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits, maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780646967646
Dewey class:
305.89915
Language:
English
BRN:
314538
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Beaumaris LibraryAdult Non Fiction - Indigenous305.89915 BAROnloan - Due: 07 Oct 2024
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