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y separately published work icon That's What Families Are For single work   children's fiction   Indigenous story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 That's What Families Are For
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'While Mum is in hospital, Yindi and Billum stay with their cousins, Regan and Riley, in the city. Life there is all about the beach, and Yindi finds it really hard to fit in.' (Source: Publishers website)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Oxford University Press (Melbourne) , 2014 .
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      Extent: 31p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9780195524338
      Series: y separately published work icon Yarning Strong Laguna Bay Publishing (publisher), Oxford University Press (publisher), Mosman Melbourne : Laguna Bay Publishing Oxford University Press , 2011-2014 Z1767119 2011 series - publisher children's fiction children's

      An Indigenous education series for ALL young Australians and their teachers.

      • Twelve 64-page novels
      • Four 48-page graphic novels
      • Four anthologies (comprising many text types: poems, artworks, descriptions, plays and so on)
      • Behind the Stories DVD
      • Professional Support CD-ROM
      • 160-page Professional Support manual

      What's it like to be a young Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in Australia today? Yarning Strong provides some of the answers for upper primary (and lower secondary) students.

      All stories have been written by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander writers, and a committee of respected Indigenous educators guided the development and content of the series.

      Source: www.lagunabaypublishing.com (Sighted 18/03/2011).

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