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Seafaring : canoeing ancient songlines / Victor Briggs.

Seafaring : canoeing ancient songlines / Victor Briggs.
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ISBN 9781922613592 (pbk.)
1922613592 (pbk.)
Author Briggs, Victor (author)
Title Seafaring : canoeing ancient songlines / Victor Briggs.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2023.
Description 111 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary The story told to his uncle by an Indigenous Hawaiian elder would change the shape of Gumbaynggirr/Gamilaroi man Victor Briggs' life, and send him in search of an answer to the question: were Indigenous Australians master navigators of one of the world's largest oceans, the South Pacific? Based on his masters thesis, Victor shares his compelling journey into the past through research, stories and visions whilst bringing voice to his seafaring ancestors and the power of oral storytelling.
Subjects Aboriginal Australians -- Religion
Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
Aboriginal Australians -- History
Aboriginal Australians -- Travel
Hawaiians -- Religion
Hawaiians
Storytelling
Ocean travel -- Pacific Ocean
Ocean travel
Islands of the Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Call number 2024.062
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