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The Guruma story = Guruma-yharntu wangka / told by the Guruma Elders Group led by Peter Stevens ; collected and edited by Loreen Brehaut and Anna Vitenbergs

Record no:

60025

Call no:

572.99413 GUR

Author:

Stevens, Peter ; Brehaut, Loreen ; Vitenbergs, Anna

Publisher:

Alice Springs, N.T.: Jukurrpa Books

Year:

2001

Description:

vii, 168 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Australian Aborigines - Western Australia, Northwestern - Pilbara - Food;
Australian Aborigines - Western Australia, Northwestern - Pilbara - Rites and ceremonies;
Australian Aborigines - Western Australia, Northwestern - Pilbara - Social life and customs;
Guruma (Australian language);

Isbn:

1864650311

Type:

Book

Abstract:

Guruma elders share stories of the land and the way they have lived in the Pilbara, revealing the richness and ingenuity of daily life in an uncompromising landscape. Traditional ways and customs, Dreamtime stories and religious beliefs are described

here, alongside photographs that bring the country to life.

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Contents:

1. Guruma lands and boundaries -- 2. Traditional life -- 3. Ceremonies and celebrations -- 4. Bushtucker and traditional foods -- 5. Traditional tools and weapons -- 6. Health, healing and medicines -- 7. Changing times -- Appendix: Wordlists -- Maps.

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