Welcome to My Country

Name: Welcome to My Country
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781743313961
Price: 32.99 NZD
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By Laklak Burarrwanga and Sandie Suchet-Pearson and Sarah Wright and Kate Lloyd

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Welcome to My Country invites readers on a journey to the vibrant lands of East Arnhem Land, where Laklak Burarrwanga and her Yolŋu family introduce the beauty and significance of their homeland. The book offers an engaging exploration of their culture, stories, and connection to the natural world, providing a rich tapestry of traditions and teachings distilled in a way that children can appreciate and understand.
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Welcome to My Country

A wonderfully engaging and heartening account of a successful Aboriginal community based at a beautiful beach site in Arnhem Land

Description

Laklak Burarrwanga and family invite you to their Country, centred on a beautiful beach in Arnhem Land. Its crystal waters are full of fish, turtle, crab and stingray, to hunt; the land behind has bush fruits, pandanus for weaving, wood for spears, all kinds of useful things. This country is also rich with meaning. 'We can go anywhere and see a river, hill, tree, rock telling a story.' Here too is Laklak's own history, from her long walk across Arnhem Land as a child to her people's fight for land rights and for a say in their children's schooling. She and her family stand tall, a proud and successful Indigenous community.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781743313961

Publisher: A&U Children's

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 July 2013

Country: Australia

Imprint: A&U Children

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Width: 144.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 460g

Pages: 224

Collections

Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Kate Lloyd Laklak Burarrwanga Sandie Suchet-Pearson Sarah Wright Young Adult

About the Author

Laklak Burarrwanga is a Datiwuy Elder, Caretaker for Gumatj, and eldest sister. As a teacher at Bawaka in north-east Arnhem Land, she has spent decades sharing her knowledge with the children of her community. Tourists and government staff and visitors from all walks of life have also learnt much from Laklak and her family.

Laklak's co-authors in Welcome to My Country are her sisters and daughter (Ritjilili Ganambarr, Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr, Banbapuy Ganambarr, Djawundil Maymuru), and academics Sarah Wright, Sandie Suchet-Pearson and Kate Lloyd, who have been adopted into the family. They have worked together since 2006, and completed two books and several articles.