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Ken Colbung Ken Colbung i(A111193 works by) (a.k.a. Nundjan Djiridjarkan (Bush name); Kenneth Desmond Colbung)
Born: Established: 2 Sep 1931 Moore River, Guilderton - Gingin area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 12 Jan 2010 Perth, Western Australia,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Bibbulmun ; Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Noongar / Nyoongar / Nyoongah / Nyungar / Nyungah/Noonygar
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1 Not Land Rights but Land Rites Ken Colbung , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Wentworth Lectures : Honouring Fifty Years of Australian Indigenous Studies 2015; (p. 90-101)
1 The Spirit Has More Strength Ken Colbung , 2007 single work life story
— Appears in: Speaking from the Heart : Stories of Life, Family and Country 2007; (p. 65-80)
1 An Australian Legend : Jitti Jitti, the Wagtail Ken Colbung , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Bibulmun Legends : Australian Aboriginal Stories 1991; (p. 31-47)
1 The Legend of the Firestick : How Fire Came to the Bibulmun Ken Colbung , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Bibulmun Legends : Australian Aboriginal Stories 1991; (p. 7-29)
1 y separately published work icon Bibulmun Legends : Australian Aboriginal Stories Ken Colbung , Allahabad : Libra International , 1991 Z1601505 1991 selected work prose dreaming story
1 Jitti and Waitch Ken Colbung , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Bibulmun Legends : Australian Aboriginal Stories 1991; (p. 41-59)
1 The Spirit Singers Ken Colbung , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Bibulmun Legends : Australian Aboriginal Stories 1991; (p. 31-39)
1 Waugul the Great Rainbow Snake Ken Colbung , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Bibulmun Legends : Australian Aboriginal Stories 1991; (p. 19-29)
1 Borong-Gorup : The Home of the Totem Spirits Ken Colbung , 1991 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Bibulmun Legends : Australian Aboriginal Stories 1991; (p. 7-17)
1 y separately published work icon Bibulmun Legends : Australian Aboriginal Stories Ken Colbung , Maylands : Libra International Karda Prints , 1991 Z1594259 1991 selected work prose dreaming story
1 Foreword Ken Colbung , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aborigines in the Defence of Australia 1991;
1 Untitled i "Two hundred years of Dreamtime now encroached", Ken Colbung , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: After 200 Years : Photographic Essays of Aboriginal and Islander Australia Today 1988; (p. 328)
1 Foreward Ken Colbung , 1979 single work criticism
— Appears in: Nyungar, the People : Aboriginal Customs in the Southwest of Australia 1979; (p. 6, 7) There is a whole wealth of tribal knowledge that has been pushed aside and i think this book may cause Australians to look with new respect at the Aborigines who work alongside them, who live in the same street, or sit beside them in the classroom.
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