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Mervyn Street Mervyn Street i(A124438 works by) (birth name: Jowddji)
Born: Established: 1950 Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Gooniyandi
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 form y separately published work icon Veins of the Country Mervyn Street , Sarah Laborde , Australia : Mervyn Street Sarah Laborde , 2019 15605383 2019 single work film/TV

'This is a 5-minute film about the Fitzroy River as it flows through the countries of several language groups in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. In the film, Mervyn uses his art and storytelling ability to talk about the rhythms of water and life in the catchment, and the social connections mediated by river flows.' (http://sydney.edu.au/environment-institute/events/the-law-is-in-the-land/)
1 3 y separately published work icon The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert : Stories from the Walmajarri Jukuna Mona Chuguna , Pat Lowe , Mervyn Street (illustrator), Broome : Magabala Books , 2015 8299681 2015 single work autobiography children's

'The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert is the remarkable account of the life of Mana, a young Walmajarri girl and her family in the desert country of north-west Australia. A collection of accessible stories that elucidate the rich cultural lives of pre-contact Aboriginal Australians.' (Source: Magabala Books website)
1 [Foreword] Mervyn Street , 2000 single work non-fiction
— Appears in: Know Your Granny 2000; (p. 1)
1 y separately published work icon Know Your Granny Katie Leria , Norman Cox , Barbara Cox , Doreen Quilty , Flora Dawson , Matt Pagey Dawson , Mervyn Street , Penny Mudeling , Frank Cox , Yiyili Aboriginal Community School (editor), Halls Creek : Yiyili Aboriginal Community School , 2000 Z1596698 2000 anthology oral history
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