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Ngaawily Nop
An old story retold
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This story beautifully explores themes of country, family, and belonging.
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Ideal for children and families interested in stories that celebrate Indigenous culture and the natural world.
This story comes from the wise and ancient language of the First People of the Western Australian south coast. A boy goes looking for his uncle. He discovers family and home at the ocean's edge, and finds himself as well. Ngaawily Nop is a story of country and family and belonging.
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This story comes from the wise and ancient language of the First People of the Western Australian south coast. A boy goes looking for his uncle. He discovers family and home at the ocean's edge, and finds himself as well.
Ngaawily Nop is a story of country and family and belonging.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781742589657
Publisher: UWA Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 November 2017
Country: Australia
Imprint: UWAP
Illustration: Illustrations
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Alta Winmar
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 225.0mm
Height: 275.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 40
About the Author
The Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project Incorporated is an association with aims of reclaiming, supporting, promoting and maintaining Wirlomin Noongar cultural heritage. They work to reclaim Wirlomin stories and dialect, in support of the maintenance of Noongar language, and to share them with Noongar families and communities as part of a process to claim, control and enhance Wirlomin Noongar cultural heritage. More information can be found on the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories website.
Kim Scott is a descendant of people living along the south coast of Western Australia prior to colonisation, and is proud to be one among those who call themselves Noongar. He began writing for publication shortly after he became a secondary school teacher of English. True Country, his first novel, was published in 1993. His subsequent books include Benang: From the Heart (1999), Kayang & Me (2005), That Deadman Dance (2010) and Taboo (2017). Kim’s writing has won numerous national and international awards, including the Miles Franklin Literary Award (twice) and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. He is currently Professor of Writing at Curtin University in Western Australia.
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