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Singing the coast: Margaret Somerville and Tony Perkins.

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Field name	Details
Title	Singing the coast Margaret Somerville and Tony Perkins.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2010.
Description	Electronic resource ; Online.
Publication Dates	2010.
Note	Reproduction Note: Monograph. Melbourne, Vic. RMIT Publishing. 2011.
Conditions of access	Available to Museum Staff only.
Summary	'Singing the Coast' offers readers a rare opportunity to visit the heart of Gumbaynggirr culture and trace the shaping of place and identity in coastal Australia. The story began under the coral trees at the Old Camp where Tony Perkins first sat with his grandfather and listened to his stories. His grandfather was an initiated man who brought the spirit creatures along to teach the knowledge that was once passed on in initiation.::By recording their stories Gumbaynggirr people invite us to share their intimate connection with their land. The stories are brought into a contemporary present at Muurrbay through deep mapping of the songlines that cross Gumbaynggirr country to reveal how people, place and identity are connected. Tony Perkins and Margaret Somerville take up the challenge of speaking from the place between Aboriginal and settler stories to share the experience of this rich collaboration.
Subjects	Mythology, Aboriginal Australian
	Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
	Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History
Call number	Informit database (IIC)
Internet Site	Access to full text via Informit e-Library