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1 3 y separately published work icon Songspirals : Sharing Women's Wisdom of Country through Songlines Gay'wu Group of Women , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2019 16562500 2019 single work prose

'A rare opportunity to connect with the living tradition of women's songlines, as recounted by Yolngu women from far north Australia.

'We want you to come with us on our journey, our journey of songspirals. Songspirals are the essence of people in this land, the essence of every clan. We belong to the land and it belongs to us. We sing to the land, sing about the land. We are that land. It sings to us.'

'Aboriginal Australian cultures are the longest living cultures on earth and at the heart of Aboriginal cultures is song. These ancient narratives of landscape have often been described as a means of navigating across vast distances without a map, but they are much, much more than this. Songspirals are sung by Aboriginal people to awaken Country, to make and remake the life-giving connections between people and place. Songspirals are radically different ways of understanding the relationship people can have with the landscape.

'For Yolngu people from North East Arnhem Land, women and men play different roles in bringing songlines to life, yet the vast majority of what has been published is about men's place in songlines. Songspirals is a rare opportunity for outsiders to experience Aboriginal women's role in crying the songlines in a very authentic and direct form.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 3 y separately published work icon Welcome to My Country : Lakak Burarrwanga and Family Sarah Wright (editor), Sandie Suchet-Pearson (editor), Kate Lloyd (editor), Banbapuy Ganambarr , Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr Stubbs , Ritjilili Ganambarr , Laklak Burarrwanga , Gay'wu Group of Women , Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 2013 6344501 2013 oral history biography children's (taught in 1 units)

'Laklak Burarrwanga and family invite you to their Country, centred on a beautiful beach in Arnhem Land. Its crystal waters are full of fish, turtle, crab and stingray, to hunt; the land behind has bush fruits, pandanus for weaving, wood for spears, all kinds of useful things. This country is also rich with meaning. 'We can go anywhere and see a river, hill, tree, rock telling a story.' Here too is Laklak's own history, from her long walk across Arnhem Land as a child to her people's fight for land rights and for a say in their children's schooling. She and her family stand tall, a proud and successful Indigenous community.'

Source: Bookseller's website

2 y separately published work icon Weaving Lives Together at Bawaka : North East Arnhem Land Sarah Wright (editor), Kate Lloyd (editor), Sandie Suchet-Pearson (editor), Djawundil Maymuru , Banbapuy Ganambarr , Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr Stubbs , Ritjilili Ganambarr , Laklak Burarrwanga , Gay'wu Group of Women , Kendall Shaw (illustrator), New South Wales : Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, New South Wales , 2008 Z1722063 2008 anthology oral history

'This book is a collaboration between five senior Yolngu women from north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia and three academic women from Macquarie University and Newcastle University in New South Wales, Australia. The book is written from a Yolngu perspective and shares the processes and methods of weaving and its preparation. Importantly, its storytelling and images discuss the metaphoric and cultural significance of weaving for Yolngu women.' (Source: Publishers website)

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