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Jillian Boyd Bowie Jillian Boyd Bowie i(14893872 works by) (a.k.a. Jillian Boyd)
Born: Established: Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Torres Strait Islander
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1 Woman i "Aka (Grandmother), undisputed Matriarch", Jillian Boyd Bowie , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , October 2018;
1 MABO 1936-1992 i "The land, the skies, the seas", Jillian Boyd Bowie , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , October 2018;
1 Descendant i "My voice echoes the cries of my forefathers", Jillian Boyd Bowie , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , October 2018;
1 A Suite of Three Poems Jillian Boyd Bowie , 2018 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , October 2018;
1 5 y separately published work icon Bakir and Bi Jillian Boyd Bowie , Tori-Jay Mordey (illustrator), Broome : Magabala Books , 2013 Z1922956 2013 single work children's fiction children's

'Based on a Torres Strait Islander creation story with illustrations by 18-year-old Tori-Jay Mordey. Bakir (rock) and Mar (storm bird) live on a remote island called Egur with their two young children. While fishing on the beach Bakir comes across a very special pelican (Bakir’s totem is a pelican) named Bi. A famine occurs, and life on the island is no longer harmonious. One day Bakir and Bi disappear and Mar and the children are forced to make the journey to another island by canoe ... and so begins the adventure. There are supernatural themes, totemic connections and kinship relationships — and the island names are imaginary as are the characters. The moral of the story is that everyone has a destiny and a purpose in life.' (Publication summary)
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