Mooie's Stories: Malamiyayu gurang, in the Dreamtime
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Mooie's Stories: Malamiyayu gurang, in the Dreamtime
By (Author) 'BurWhela' Ros Kneebone-Dodson
Aboriginal Studies Press
Aboriginal Studies Press
1st May 2023
Australia
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 230mm, Height 250mm
220g
Description
Age range 5 to 10
Dja Dja Wurrung Ancestors stories as told to me by my mother, my grandmother, my great-grandmother and my great-great-grandmother before her.
How did Wabbee, the freshwater crayfish, get its bright red spots Why does Wehla, the ringtail possum, have a curly tail
How were Waripi Yaluk, the backwaters of Bulatjal Yaluk Woodlar, the Loddon River, formed Why does Yern, the moon, light up the night sky Bunjil, the all-powerful, knows the answers.
BurWhela Ros Kneebone-Dodson learned these kiki these stories of Malamiyayu Gurang, the Dreamtime from her mother, Mooie. BurWhelas words and images bring to vivid life these stories of her Ngurar Gurrk, her Ancestors, from Djandak, the Country of the Loddon River of Central Victoria.
Our storytelling teaches how to live in harmony, how to care for and preserve the land and all living on it. It is lore for living. Burwhela Ros Kneebone-Dodson
