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The mermaid and serpent : a story from Wugularr community / Wugularr community with Liz Thompson.

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ISBN 9781741401677
1741401674
Author Thompson, Liz, 1963- (author)
Title The mermaid and serpent : a story from Wugularr community / Wugularr community with Liz Thompson.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Port Melbourne, Vic. : Pearson Rigby, 2008.
Description 24 pages : colour illustrations ; 48 cm.
Series Sharing our stories
Note Caption title.
Contents Table of contents includes: Our community -- Sharing our story -- The mermaid and the serpent -- Our children's voices -- Our old people's voices -- Sharing the story in Dalabon language -- Glossary.
Conditions of access Not for Inter Library Loan.
Summary Wugularr community is located in the Beswick Land Trust in the Northern Territory. The Wugularr people from the community have chosen to share one of their traditional stories, the tale of the Mermaid and Serpent, a story about two mermaids and a Rainbow Serpent - important spirits from Wugularr Country. This story is traditionally told in the Dalabon language and has been translated into English.
Level For primary students.
Subjects Wugularr Aboriginal Community
Dalabon / Dangbon language (N60) (NT SD53-02)
Jawoyn people (N57) (NT SD53-09)
Religion - Dreaming - Creation / Cosmology
Mermaids -- Juvenile fiction
Serpents -- Juvenile fiction
Education - Teaching - Materials
Stories and motifs - Mermaids
Stories and motifs - Rainbow serpent
Social organisation - Elders
Sites - Sites of significance
Water supply - Waterholes and rockpools
Wugularr / Beswick (NT Top End Upper Roper SD53-09)
Other Corporate Bodies Wugularr Aboriginal Community
Series Sharing our stories
Call number PAM 2021.010
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10005649 PAM 2021.010
General Collection   . Available to Museum Staff .  
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