Yira Boornak Nyininy (Noongar & English)
Author(s): Kim Scott, Hazel Brown
Noongar Books | Kidlit by First Nations Authors
Left stranded in a tree by his wife, a Noongar man has to rely on his Wadjela friend to help him back down. Yira Boornak Nyininy is a story of forgiveness and friendship. This story comes from the wise and ancient language of the First People of the Western Australian south coast, the Noongar people. Inspired by a story Bob Roberts told the linguist Gerhardt Laves at Albany, Western Australia, around 1931. It has been workshopped in a series of community meetings that included some of the contemporary family of Roberts, as a part of the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project to revitalise an endangered language.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : UWA Publishing
- : UWAP
- : 0.368
- : 30 June 2013
- : 275mm X 225mm
- : United States
- : 01 September 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Kim Scott, Hazel Brown
- : 36
- : English; Australian languages
- : 1309
- : Paperback / softback