Cooee Mittigar
A Story on Darug Songlines
$31.00
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2019
Summary
Shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2020: Children’s Literature Shortlisted for the SPN Book of the Year Award 2020 Longlisted for the CBCA 2020 Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Longlisted for the 2020 ABIA Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year
Age range 5 to 12
‘Warami mittigar. Hello friend. We welcome you to Darug Country.’
Cooee Mittigar, meaning Come Here Friend, is an invitation to yana …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925936865 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1925936864 |
| Author: | Jasmine Seymour, Leanne Mulgo Watson |
| Publisher: | Magabala Books |
| Imprint: | Magabala Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 502g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 257mm x 258mm |
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About The Author
Jasmine Seymour
Jasmine Seymour is a Dharug woman and descendant of Maria Lock, who was the daughter of Yarramundi, the Boorooberongal elder who had met Governor Phillip on the banks of the Hawkesbury River in 1791. Maria was the first Aboriginal woman to be educated by the Blacktown Native Institute. She was married to carpenter and convict, Robert Lock and their union resulted in thousands of descendants who can all trace their Dharug heritage back past Yarramundi. Jasmine is a member of the Dharug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation. It is Jasmine’s wish that through her books, everyone will know that the Dharug mob are still here, still strong. Jasmine is a primary school teacher in the Hawkesbury area of NSW.
Leanne Mulgo Watson is a Darug artist-educator and is the daughter of Aunty Edna Watson. She has been a director of the Darug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation for many years. Cooee Mittigar is her first book. She says, “I had always wanted to create books to share our knowledge, as education is the key to our culture staying strong.”
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