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Nancy Sheppard Nancy Sheppard i(A19817 works by) (a.k.a. Nancy Lee Sheppard; Nancy Lee Nicholson; Nancy Nicholson)
Born: Established: 1933 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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1 1 y separately published work icon Sojourn on Another Planet Nancy Sheppard , Collinswood : Nancy Sheppard , 2004 Z1615116 2004 single work autobiography Nancy Sheppard recounts stories from the nine years she lived and worked on Pitjantjatjara Lands as a missionary and school teacher. In coming to understand aspects of Pitjantjatjara culture she also discovered some hard truths about her own.
2 3 y separately published work icon Alitjinya Ngura Tjukurtjarangka Alitji in the Dreamtime Nancy Sheppard , Adelaide : University of Adelaide. Dept. of Adult Education , 1975 Z830420 1975 single work children's fiction children's fantasy humour

In this retelling of the Alice in Wonderland story set in Aboriginal Australia, the White Rabbit becomes the Kangaroo 'not, it should be emphasized, because there is no Pitjantjatjara word for 'rabbit', but simply because an Aboriginal Alice would naturally have seen a kangaroo in her dream.' (viii). Similarly the Red Queen is the Witch Spirit and the Caterpillar becomes a Witchety Grub while the Queen's Croquet Party becomes the Corroboree of the Witch Spirit. ('Introduction to Alitji' in Nancy Sheppard Alitjinya Ngura Tjukurtjarangka=Alitji in the Dreamtime (1975): viii).
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