Record Number |
19872 |
ISBN |
9781925381764 (hardback) |
Location |
CHCA F MUR Aboriginal Themes |
Author |
Murphy, Joy Wandin, (author). |
Title |
Wilam : a Birrarung story / Aunty Joy Murphy & Andrew Kelly ; with illustrations by Lisa Kennedy. |
Published |
Newtown, N.S.W. : Black Dog Books, 2019. |
©2019. |
Collation |
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 x 30 cm. |
Content types |
text |
still image |
Carrier type |
volume |
General Note |
Reviewed by Janine Kitson, in Education, vol. 100 no. 3, June 2019, p. 20. |
Summary Note |
"As ngua rises, Bunjil soars over mountain ash, flying higher and higher as the wind warms. Below, Birrarung begins its long winding path down to palem warreen. Wilam - home." - Back cover. Yarra River keeper Andrew Kelly joins Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy to tell the Indigenous and geographical story of Melbourne’s Yarra River, from its source to its mouth; from its pre-history to the present day. |
Reading Program |
NSW Premier's Reading Challenge years 5-6. |
Language Note |
Text in English with words from Woiwurrung language.. |
Subject |
Children stories -- Pictorial works |
Rivers -- Juvenile fiction |
Stream ecology -- Juvenile fiction |
Stream animals -- Juvenile fiction |
Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction |
Woiwurrung language -- Juvenile fiction |
Children's stories -- Pictorial works |
Picture books |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures -- ACARA Australian Education Vocabularies |
Aboriginal Australians Folklore |
Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature |
Rivers -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature |
Stream ecology -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature |
Stream animals -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature |
Environment -- Australia |
Environmental education |
CHCA Children Collection Aboriginal Themes |
Added Name |
Kelly, Andrew, (author). |
Kennedy, Lisa,1963-, (illustrator). |