Two Sisters: The Story of Ngarta and Jukuna

Two Sisters is the unique story of two Walmajarri sisters, Ngarta and Jukana. Born in the Great Sandy Desert as hunters and gatherers they grew up in a time of great upheaval when desert people where leaving their country and heading north to a new life on cattle stations. Jukana, the elder sister, goes first with her new husband, and the younger sister Ngarta is left behind with a small group of women and children. Disaster strikes, and the tragedy that follows affects both sisters, yet each sister must make a life for herself under conditions for which neither is prepared.
Jukana wrote her life story in her own language, translated here by Eirlys Richards; Ngarta’s story is told by Pat Lowe. pp. 143 #0816