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Robert Churnside Robert Churnside i(A32872 works by) (a.k.a. Ngarluma Churnside; Robert Churnside-Parraruru)
Born: Established: 1895 ; Died: Ceased: 1975
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Ngarluma
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 1 Tarda Tells the New Moon i "The new moon rises", Robert Churnside , Shon Arieh-Lerer (translator), 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: World Literature Today , September vol. 88 no. 5 2014; (p. 47)
1 1 Pleiades, The Seven Sisters i "The Seven Sisters will rise in the east and", Robert Churnside , Shon Arieh-Lerer (translator), 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: World Literature Today , September vol. 88 no. 5 2014; (p. 47)
1 1 How I Make Spears i "I broke a branch off a tree", Robert Churnside , Robert Churnside (translator), 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: World Literature Today , September vol. 88 no. 5 2014; (p. 46)
1 1 Killing Anteaters i "Men used to hunt the spiny anteater. When", Robert Churnside , Shon Arieh-Lerer (translator), 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: World Literature Today , September vol. 88 no. 5 2014; (p. 46)
1 Racecourses i "Taalungarli wandarna jirdingarda=At the start the racehorses are lined up", 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Know the Song Know the Country : The Ngarda-ngali Story of Culture and History in the Roebourne District 1995; (p. 14)
1 Goanna Hibernating i "in the winter Dead-ant Goanna", Robert Churnside , 1990 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paperbark : A Collection of Black Australian Writings 1990; (p. 67-78)
1 Bird's Call i "The Kurrugu bird-call finds his melody in the morning,=Ku'urru murlawarngaa juurumarna karnalilila,", Robert Churnside , 1974 single work poetry
— Appears in: Taruru : Aboriginal Song Poetry from the Pilbara 1974; (p. 2; notes 56)
1 Racehorses i "At the start the racehorses are lined up = taalunarli wandarna jirdinarda", Robert Churnside , 1974 single work poetry
— Appears in: Taruru : Aboriginal Song Poetry from the Pilbara 1974; (p. 2;notes 56)
1 What Albert Did i "What a careless way to burn off the thick spinifex! = narlu-tialara kambanna tarririlagu!", Robert Churnside , 1974 single work poetry
— Appears in: Taruru : Aboriginal Song Poetry from the Pilbara 1974; (p. 2; notes 56) Western Australian Writing : An Online Anthology 2003;
1 1 Mount Satirist Station i "From high up I viewed on the bare ground=kangala karnamarna warimarila", Robert Churnside , 1974 single work poetry
— Appears in: Taruru : Aboriginal Song Poetry from the Pilbara 1974; (p. 1; notes 55) Know the Song Know the Country : The Ngarda-ngali Story of Culture and History in the Roebourne District 1995; (p. 10) Western Australian Writing : An Online Anthology 2003;
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