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Ngarlinjiya Mary Robertson Nungarrayi Ngarlinjiya Mary Robertson Nungarrayi i(A113297 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Warlpiri
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1 Witikirli : The Travels of the Witi Poles Ngarlinjiya Mary Robertson Nungarrayi , 1994 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Warlpiri Dreamings and Histories : Yimikirli : Newly Recorded Sayings from Aboriginal Elders of Central Australia 1994; (p. [73]-91)

'The tale of the travels of the witi poles is a central Warlpiri myth ... [it] involves a complete description of all the procedures relating to a boy's initiation, both the ceremonies, and the travels that precede and follow the ceremonies.'

(Source: Warlpiri Dreamings and Histories, 1994, p. 89)
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