A town like Mparntwe : a guide to the dreaming tracks and sites of Alice Springs / by David Brooks for Mparntwe people ; illustrations by Shawn Dobson
- Bib ID:
- 7045328
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Brooks, David, 1950-, author
- Uniform Title:
- Arrernte landscape of Alice Springs
- Description:
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- Alice Springs, NT : Jukurrpa Books, 2013
- ©1991
- iv, 28 pages : illustrations, one map ; 15 cm
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9781864650457 (paperback)
- Series:
- Jukurrpa pocket book.
- Summary:
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Built on the land the Arrernte people call Mparntwe, Alice Springs is the place where caterpillar beings originated and where mountain ranges were formed by wild-dog fights. A town like Mparntwe takes you on a journey through Alice Springs that shows you how a Arrernte person sees the country. This new edition of the book originally called The Arrernte Landscape tells the stories of Altyerre, 'the Dreamtime', and describes the travels of the ancestral beings as they made the world. A map, illustrations and skyline drawings show you the acncestor's Dreaming tracks and the sites they created in the Alice Springs area. --Back cover.
- Notes:
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- First published in 1991 as The Arrernte landscape. This edition published in 2003, reprinted 2007, 2013 --T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references: (page 28)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Dobson, Shawn, illustrator
- Also Titled:
- Jukurrpa pocket book of a town like Mparntwe
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1991
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