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Songlines: First Knowledges for younger readers

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Songlines: First Knowledges for Younger Readers by Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly, and Margo Ngawa Neale introduces children to the fascinating concept of songlines, integral to Indigenous Australian culture. The book explores how these pathways connect to stories, landscapes, and ancestral knowledge, offering an engaging glimpse into the wisdom and traditions of Australia's First Peoples. It's a captivating way to understand how history, art, and spirituality are intertwined in the oldest living cultures on Earth.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in exploring how ancient wisdom and Indigenous knowledge are shared through stories and songs. Perfect for younger readers, it provides a captivating insight into the cultural significance and educational roles of songlines in Indigenous Australian communities, blending engaging narratives with fascinating cultural insights.

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Songlines: First Knowledges for younger readers

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How do you find your way around, get your food and drink, connect with your friends and family? How do you know the right and safe way to do things, or how to make things? Before the white people came to the continent, all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples knew how to do all these things - and much, much more.

Margo Ngawa Neale and Lynne Kelly invite you on a journey through the oldest, biggest library of knowledge on Earth. This knowledge isn't held in books: you will find it in Songlines of the land, sea and sky.

Learn about history, art, song, science and more in this engaging and inviting introduction to Indigenous traditional knowledges, how they apply today and how they can help all people thrive into the future.

Series: First Knowledges

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760763480

Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 September 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 157.0mm

Height: 211.0mm

Weight: 310g

Pages: 136

About the Author

Margo Ngawa Neale is the head of the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges, senior Indigenous curator, and principal adviser to the director of the National Museum of Australia.

Lynne Kelly is a science writer working as an honorary research associate at La Trobe University. She is the author of The Memory Code and Memory Craft.

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