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Out of the Desert : Stories from the Walmajarri Exodus
Walmajarri Storytellers (edited by Eirlys Richards, Joyce Hudson and Pat Lowe)
- Softcover
Seller: Good Reading Secondhand Books, Benalla, VIC, AustraliaGood Reading Secondhand Books
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. vi 185 pages. 'Out of the Desert is a compelling collection of stories, art and photographs from the Walmajarri people of the Great Sandy Desert, in north western Australia. It tells of their remarkable exodus from remote desert country to an unfamiliar modern society. Within only one generation th…e Walmajarri desert dwellers left their traditional places behind to face station life and a world far beyond the sandhills. These accounts of a recent past reveal the challenges of the epic journey north to station country, the courage of the Walmajarri in confronting the unknown, and their first contact with white people.'.
OUT OF THE DESERT. Stories From The Walmajarri Exodus
The Walmajarri Storytellers; Edited by Eirlys Richards, Joyce Hudson & Pat Lowe
Published by Published by Magabala Books, Broome , WA 2002
- Softcover
Seller: A&F.McIlreavy.Buderim Rare Books, Buderim, QLD, AustraliaA&F.McIlreavy.Buderim Rare Books
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4to. pp.vi + 185. illustrated in colour and black and white. decorated endpaper. Original pictorial stiff card softcover. with a small crease to the lower wrapper else Very good. 'Out of the Desert is a compelling collection of stories, art and photographs from the Walmajarri people of the Great Sandy Desert, in North Western Au…stralia. It tells of their remarkable exodus from remote desert country to an unfamiliar modern society. Within only one generation the Walmajarri desert dwellers left their traditional places behind to face station life and a world far beyond the sandhills. These accounts of a recent past reveal the challenges of the epic journey north to station country, the courage of the Walmajarri in confronting the unknown, and their first contact with white people.'.
