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y separately published work icon Lamilami Speaks, the Cry Went Up : A Story of the People of Goulburn Islands, North Australia single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 Lamilami Speaks, the Cry Went Up : A Story of the People of Goulburn Islands, North Australia
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' Autobiography of Lazarus Lamilami and story of the Maung people of north Australia; includes traditional Maung stories; accounts of Macassan and early European contact; establishment of mission on South Goulburn Island and life at the mission; religious, social and economic life; Lamilamis admission to the Methodist Ministry; list of Maung place names and some vocabulary.' (Publication summary)

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Ure Smith , 1974 .
      Extent: 273 p., [16] leaves of platesp.
      Description: illus., maps, ports
      Note/s:
      • Introduction by J.M. Bolton, research assistant in the Department of Anthropology, University of Western Australia.
      • Includes glossary.
      • Includes bibliography.
      • Foreword by Ronald M. Berndt, Department of Anthropology, University of Western Australia.
      ISBN: 0725401982
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