Bury me at Tartulla Hill / by Hope Ebsworth
- Bib ID:
- 4507911
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Ebsworth, Hope, 1950-
- Description:
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- Southport, Qld : Keeaira Press, 2009
- 64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), 1 map, ports. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780980323375
- Summary:
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Bury me at Tartulla HIll combine's Hope's reflections on growing up between Tibooburra, Wanaaring and Bourke; thoughts on the beauty of his country; anger over the obstacles in protecting his people's heritage; and Dreaming stories passed down by Hope's father, his aunt (Laura Dixon) and other elders.
- Full contents:
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- Family stories: Early family history
- My dad
- Nature and living off the land
- Our early home and livelihood
- From later childhood to today
- Wangkumarra Mudas: The story of Tibooburra and Cooper Creek
- Little, hairy men
- Willie wagtail
- White lady
- Three brothers
- Albino's playground
- The Corroborree Grounds
- They stole our land: Who is civilised - us or them?
- Some of our special places
- Tartulla Hill; Protecting our heritage
- Getting our land back
- Caring for wildlife
- Knowing what's right
- Our land
- We are proud people.
- Notes:
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- "All photos by Grania Kelly unless otherwise attributed."--Verso of t.p.
- Contains some Wangkumara words.
- Subject:
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- Ebsworth, Hope, 1950-
- Ebsworth family
- Dixon family
- Dixon, Laura Mandima
- Dixon, Donny
- Ebsworth, Cecil
- Ebsworth, Malcolm
- Sacred sites (Aboriginal Australian) -- Queensland
- Sacred sites (Aboriginal Australian -- New South Wales -- Tibooburra Region
- Mythology, Aboriginal Australian
- Mineral industries -- Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure
- Stories and motifs - Ancestor spirits
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Stories and motifs - Devils, monsters, evil spirits, hairy men, bunyips
- Stories and motifs - Birds
- Stories and motifs - Rock outcrops
- Stories and motifs - Snakes
- Sites - Sacred sites
- Sites - Mortuary sites and cemeteries
- Land rights - Ownership
- Sites - Conservation and protection
- Mining industry
- Technology
- Culture - Relationship to land
- History - Biographies - Indigenous - Autobiographies
- Wangkumara / Wanggumara people (L25) (Qld SG54-15)
- Sites -- Sacred sites
- History -- Genealogy and family history
- Stories and motifs -- Devils, monsters, evil spirits, hairy men, bunyips
- Sites -- Mortuary sites and cemeteries
- Stories and motifs -- Rock outcrops
- Stories and motifs -- Snakes
- Wangkumara / Wanggumara language (L25) (Qld SG54-15)
- Land rights -- Ownership
- Stories and motifs -- Ancestor spirits
- Stories and motifs -- Birds
- Sites -- Conservation and protection
- Wangkumara -- Wanggumara people (L25) (Qld SG54-15)
- History -- Biographies -- Indigenous -- Autobiographies
- Culture -- Relationship to land
- Tibooburra (N.S.W.)
- Durham Downs (Qld.)
- Queensland Channel Country (Qld Far West SF54, SG54)
- Cooper Creek (Qld Far West SG54, NE SA SH54)
- Tibooburra (NW NSW SH54-07)
- Wanaaring (NW NSW SH55-05)
- Durham Downs (SW Qld SG54-15)
- Guba Walga / White Lady (NW NSW SH54-07)
- Three Brothers (NW NSW SH54-07)
- Corroboree Grounds (SW Qld SG54-15)
- Tartulla Hill (SW Qld SG54-15)
- Albinos Hill (SW Qld SG54-15)
- Standing Stones (SW Qld SG54-15)
- Guba Walga -- White Lady (NW NSW SH54-07)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Kelly, Grania
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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