Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines
$79.97
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2006
Summary
David Unaipon—the man on the $50 note—was a most extraordinary person. An early Aboriginal political activist, he was also a scientist, a writer, a preacher, and an inventor.
In the 1920s, under contract to the University of Adelaide, he was commissioned to collect traditional Aboriginal stories from around South Australia. He also acted as a ‘collector’ for the Aborigines Friends’ Association. Most of the stories come from his own Ngarrindjeri people, but some are from other South Au…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522883725 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522883729 |
| Author: | David Unaipon, Stephen Muecke, Adam Shoemaker |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2006 |
| Weight: | 450g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 150mm x 230mm |
David Unaipon
Professor Stephen Muecke is Professor of Cultural Studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney. His previous publications include Paperbark: A Collection of Black Australian Writings (1990) and No Road: Bitumen All the Way (1997).
Adam Shoemaker is Professor and Dean of Arts at the Australian National University in Canberra. He has written and edited six books on Australian Indigenous literature, including Black Words, White Page (1989), Mudrooroo: A Critical Study (1993), and Oodgeroo: A Tribute (1994).
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