| ISBN |
1875641300 (pbk.) |
| Author |
Greene, Gracie, 1949- (author.) |
| Title |
Roughtail : the dreaming of the roughtail lizard and other stories told by the Kukatja = Tjarany : tjaranykura tjukurrpa ngaanpa kalkinpa wangka tjukurrtjanu / Gracie Greene, Joe Tramacchi, Lucille Gill. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 1996. |
| Description |
viii, 53 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm. |
| Note |
Includes Kukatja word list. |
| 1st published : 1992. |
| Shortlisted CBC Children's Book of the Year Awards (1993) (Eve Pownall Award for Information Books) |
| Contents |
The Roughtail Lizard Dreaming -- The crow and the eagle -- The emu and the turkey -- The black goanna -- The Witchetty Grub Man Dreaming -- Kalpartu the Dreamtime snake -- How the emu got short wings -- The seven sisters -- Stories on kinship. |
| Cited in |
Indexed selectively by ABI, Australian and Torres Strait Islander Bibliographical Index. |
| Summary |
Childrens book; stories told are; The Roughtail Lizard Dreaming, The Crow and the Eagle, The Emu and the Turkey , The Black Goanna, The Witchetty Grub Man Dreaming, Kalpartu the Dreamtime Snake, How the Emu Got Short Wings, The Seven Sisters; explains family relationships, includes kinship diagrams; notes on Kukatja language and Kukatja -English wordlist. |
| Level |
Children. |
| Language |
Text in English and Kukatja. |
| Subjects |
Kukatja (Australian people) -- Folklore |
| Kukatja (Australian people) -- Legends |
| Legends -- Western Australia -- Kimberley |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Legends |
| Kukatja language -- Texts -- Juvenile literature |
| Kukatja language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Folklore |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Gill, Lucille, 1956- (author.) |
| Tramacchi, Joe, 1954- (author.) |
| Related title |
Tjarany: tjaranykura tjukurrpa ngaanpa kalkinpa wangka tjukurrtjanu. |
| Series |
Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6 |
| Call number |
2016.627 |
