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Wiradjuri Country

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*CBCA 2022 Notable Book: Eve Pownall Award**Longlisted for the ABIA Book Awards 2022: Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year*Welcome to Wiradjuri Country.The Wiradjuri are the people of the three bila (rivers) and their nguram-bang (Country) is the second largest in Australia. Come with Uncle Larry... Read More
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Wiradjuri Country

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*CBCA 2022 Notable Book: Eve Pownall Award*

*Longlisted for the ABIA Book Awards 2022: Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year*

Welcome to Wiradjuri Country.

The Wiradjuri are the people of the three bila (rivers) and their nguram-bang (Country) is the second largest in Australia. Come with Uncle Larry Brandy on an enlightening journey through his Country's rivers, woodlands, grasslands and rocky outcrops, as well as the murri-yang (sky world).

Along the way, young readers will encounter animals such as bila-durang (platypus), and maliyan (wedge-tailed eagle), plants like the maybal (grass tree) and yirany (yam daisy), and discover stories like that of Tiddalik the giant frog. They will learn how Wiradjuri people lived on their Country, using the flower spikes of the grass tree as spears, soaking its flowers in water to make a sweet drink and weaving its leaves into baskets.

This is a unique book combining language, culture, Indigenous history and storytelling, written by a Wiradjuri author. It features colour photographs of animals, plants and habitats, as well as illustrations by Indigenous artists Kristie Peters and Scott 'Sauce' Towney.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922507525

Publisher: National Library of Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 May 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: National Library of Australia

Illustration: full colour

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 96

About the Author

Larry Brandy is a Wiradjuri man from Condobolin, central New South Wales. He lives in Canberra and performs storytelling throughout Australia, sharing the rich and continuing traditions of Wiradjuri culture. This is his fourth children's book.

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