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Ted Egan Ted Egan i(A113405 works by) (a.k.a. Teddy Eagen Jangala)
Born: Established: 1947 Yuendumu, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory, ; Died: Ceased: 2011
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Warlpiri
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1 Miss Pink-Kirli : Taking Care of Miss Pink Ted Egan , 1994 single work short story Indigenous story
— Appears in: Warlpiri Dreamings and Histories : Yimikirli : Newly Recorded Sayings from Aboriginal Elders of Central Australia 1994; (p. [173]-179)

'This is an account of how Mrs Olive Pink (1884-1975) ... was taken on a vine stretcher to Puyurru and then Yumurrpa, after she became seriously ill while living at Pirdi-pirdi (Thompson's Rockhole) with a group of Warlpiri people ... Ted Egan Jangala has used repetition to emphasize the sustained effort involved in travelling considerable distances with the sick woman, and also the way in which the sick are given constant support and personal attention ... Although this is not a jukurrpa story, it is now considered to belong to the Jangala-Jampijinpa men and women of one particular family.'

(Source: Warlpiri Dreamings and Histories, 1994, p. 179)
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