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y separately published work icon Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Alison Lester , Alison Lester (illustrator), Sydney : Hodder Headline , 2000 Z14074 2000 single work picture book children's (taught in 1 units)

'When Ernie goes to live in an Aboriginal community in northern Australia, the people, climate, plants and animals are all new to him. Here are his letters to Clive, Nicky, Rosie, Frank, Tessa and Celeste, describing the life he discovers with his new friends in their wild and beautiful land.

'Alison Lester visited Arnhem Land in 1996 and 1997 as a guest of the Gunbalanya Community School with her friend and fellow author Liz Honey. Together they worked with staff and students of the school to produce poems, plays, puppets and paintings. This book is based on a story the upper Primary students made about their lives, called We Love Gunbalanya . Arnhem Land is owned by the Aboriginal people who have lived there for more than 50,000 years. There are many different tribes and language groups throughout Arnhem Land, but at Gunbalanya, where this book is set, the main language spoken is Kunwinjku. ' (Publication summary)

 		Post-colonial Literature for Children La Trobe University 2010 (Semester 2)
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