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Yira Boornak Nyininy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Yira Boornak Nyininy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project
By (author) Kim Scott
By (author) Roma Winmar
By (author) Hazel Brown
Illustrated by Anthony Roberts
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:36
Dimensions(mm): Height 275,Width 225
ISBN/Barcode 9781742585123
ClassificationsDewey:398.2089
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher UWA Publishing
Imprint UWAP
Publication Date 1 September 2013
Publication Country Australia

Description

Left stranded in a tree by his wife, a Noongar man has to rely on his Wadjela friend to help him back down. Yira Boornak Nyininy is a story of forgiveness and friendship. This story comes from the wise and ancient language of the First People of the Western Australian south coast, the Noongar people. Inspired by a story Bob Roberts told the linguist Gerhardt Laves at Albany, Western Australia, around 1931. It has been workshopped in a series of community meetings that included some of the contemporary family of Roberts, as a part of the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project to revitalise an endangered language.