Gularabulu: Stories from West Kimberley

WEST AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL

AUSTRALASIAN & PACIFIC HISTORY. AUSTRALIAN. A groundbreaking presentation, in a revised edition, of Indigenous Australian storytelling as it actually sounds; these stories provide a fascinating picture of the life of the people of the west Kimberley after colonisation. Paddy Roe was a legendary figure in the revival and maintenance of law and culture in the Broome area in the mid-twentieth century. In this book he continues and revitalises one of the great literary traditions of Australia. Stephen Muecke is a leading Australian academic whose work has encompassed a number of disciplines in the humanities. With Paddy Roe, Muecke is co-writer of the prize-winning Reading the Country.
viii, 152 pages : 1 portrait ; 20 cm #310323
Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Folklore. | Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Legends. | Tales — Western Australia. | Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) — Western Australia. | Mythology, Aboriginal Australian — Western Australia. | Literature and stories – Story telling and story tellers. | Animals – Mammals – Horses. | Language – English – Aboriginal English. | Stories and motifs – Mythological beings. | Stories and motifs – Devils, monsters, evil spirits, hairy men, bunyips. | Stories and motifs – Ghosts. | Language – Linguistics – Vocabulary and grammar – Pronouns. | Stories and motifs – Possums. | Animals – Mammals – Donkeys / Mules. | Stories and motifs – Birds. | Literature and stories – Juvenile. | Literature and stories – Poetry. | Animals – Mammals – Dingoes / Dogs. | Western Australia (WA) | West Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51) | Australian