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Umbarra.

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Title Umbarra.
Publisher and/or associated date/s [Wallaga Lake, N.S.W.? : Wallaga Lake Cultural Centre, 199-?]
Description 10 unnumbered pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 15 x 22 cm.
Note "Umbarra is the totem of the Yuin people of Wallage. Inside are notes, stories and information about the Yuin people."
"Umbarra (King Merriman) was a leader of his people. He died in1904. A small island in Wallaga Lake bears his name and is protected as an Aboriginal place."--p. [1]
Cover title.
Summary Introduction to the oral traditions of the Yuin people of the Wallaga Lake region - contact history, story of the Waratah (Guboo Ted Thomas), hairy man, bush medicines, dance hall, bush foods (fruits, seafood, animals), Jacky Jacky song (Percy Mumbulla); short word list.
Subjects Umbarra
Yuin (Australian people)
Yuin (Australian people) -- Social life and customs
Yuin people (S67) (NSW SI56-13)
Settlement and contacts
Stories and motifs - Plants
Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology
Stories and motifs - Devils, monsters, evil spirits, hairy men, bunyips
Wallaga Lake Region (N.S.W.)
Wallaga Lake
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Thomas, Guboo Ted, 1909-2002 (author)
Mumbler, Percy, died 1991 (author)
Other Corporate Bodies Umbarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre
Call number PAM 2020.001
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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Status Due Date
A00920617 PAM 2020.001
General Collection   . Available to Museum Staff .  
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