Stories from Kaurna

Stories from Kaurna
Author: Timothy D. Owen
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-01-31
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN: 9780994237200

This document is a recording of oral histories as part of the Kaurna Cultural Mapping Project commenced in 2013. Through provision of funds from the South Australian Government Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, it has been possible for the Kaurna Nation Cultural Heritage Association (KNCHA), in collaboration with GML Heritage, to record the diverse life experiences of Kaurna Elders, who have also provided stories about special cultural places and the Kaurna landscape. The stories, memories, experiences and feelings conveyed by the five Kaurna people interviewed asserts and reinforces the continuation of Kaurna tradition, Dreaming and its connection with today's ideologies and significance. The oral histories help built a tangible connection between stories and landscapes (such as archaeological sites, Dreaming evolution, Dreamtime places and stories, modern places, stories and names) into a cultural map that describes the Kaurna identity today. The oral histories and photography were compiled and edited by Tim Owen and Diana Cowie. Design was by Suzy Pickles. The descriptions of the Kaurna's traditional use of plants were provided by Jamie Goldsmith. Many photographs and documents included were supplied by those interviewed. Other photographs are referenced to their source.

Warraparna Kaurna!

Warraparna Kaurna!
Author: Rob Amery
Publisher: University of Adelaide Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2016-02-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1925261255

This book tells the story of the renaissance of the Kaurna language, the language of Adelaide and the Adelaide Plains in South Australia, principally over the earliest period up until 2000, but with a summary and brief discussion of developments from 2000 until 2016. It chronicles and analyses the efforts of the Nunga community, and interested others, to reclaim and relearn a linguistic heritage on the basis of mid-nineteenth-century materials. This study is breaking new ground. In the Kaurna case, very little knowledge of the language remained within the Aboriginal community. Yet the Kaurna language has become an important marker of identity and a means by which Kaurna people can further the struggle for recognition, reconciliation and liberation. This work challenges widely held beliefs as to what is possible in language revival and questions notions about the very nature of language and its development.

Telling Our Stories in Ways that Make Us Stronger

Telling Our Stories in Ways that Make Us Stronger
Author: Barbara Wingard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2001
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN: 9780957792920

In this graceful, strong, and groundbreaking book, Barbara Wingard and Jane Lester relate stories of their lives and work as two Indigenous Australian women. These stories offer hopeful and practical ideas in relation to a wide range of issues facing Indigenous Australian families including grief, diabetes, family violence, homelessness, and developing culturally-appropriate services. This book offers stories that will inspire and sustain.

The Rainbow Serpent

The Rainbow Serpent
Author: Dick Roughsey
Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1993-09-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780207174339

Recounts the aborigine story of creation featuring Goorialla, the great Rainbow Serpent.

Aboriginal Australia

Aboriginal Australia
Author: Colin Bourke
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780702230516

With an analysis of the traditional, colonial, and contemporary experiences of indigenous Australians, this study examines various facets of the lives of Aboriginal Australians and shows how their struggles enrich the Australian community as a whole. Insightful and engaging, this reference presents an investigation on the continual struggle facing Aboriginals to maintain a strong identity and heritage while actively participating in and contributing to the modern world.

How the Birds Got Their Colours

How the Birds Got Their Colours
Author: Mary Albert
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN: 9781741699678

This book is based on a story told by Mary Albert, of the Bardi people, to Aboriginal children living in Broome, Western Australia. The illustrations are adapted from their paintings of the story. Mary Albert said, 'Would you like to hear a story from long ago? My mother used to tell me lots of stories, but this story I loved the best, because I loved the birds.'

Grandfather Emu

Grandfather Emu
Author: Jacki Ferro
Publisher: Boolarong Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2021-05-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1925877868

Poor old Grandfather Emu can hardly walk or see. Of all the bush animals, who will lead old Weij to the creek for food and water? In this fun Aboriginal Dreaming story, children learn how Mother Yonga Kangaroo got her pouch, and the importance of taking the time to help.

My Side of the Bridge

My Side of the Bridge
Author: Veronica Brodie
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2002
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN: 9781862545571

Veronica Brodie is an Aboriginal woman of Ngarrindjeri-Kaurna descent. and grew up at Ruakkan near Victor Harbor. Veronica was involved in the Hindmarsh Island Bridge affair, on the side of the Ngarrindjeri women who knew of the secret women's business and sought to stop the construction of the bridge.

The Kangaroo and the Porpoise

The Kangaroo and the Porpoise
Author: Pamela Lofts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2004
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN: 9781865046297

This story was told by Agnes Lippo from the Aboriginal community of Belyuen in the Northern Territory, where people from the Larrakia and Waigite language groups live. The illustrations in this book are adapted from paintings of the story done by the children at Belyuen School. Bill Turner, Head Teacher at Belyuen School in 1987, said "'The Kangaroo and the Porpoise' is one of the many stories from the very small Aboriginal community of Belyuen. We hope publishing these stories will enable us to buy materials for the school. We want to continue to document the culture of the people at Belyuen."

Urban Emotions and the Making of the City

Urban Emotions and the Making of the City
Author: Katie Barclay
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000371964

This book brings together a vibrant interdisciplinary mix of scholars – from anthropology, architecture, art history, film studies, fine art, history, literature, linguistics and urban studies – to explore the role of emotions in the making and remaking of the city. By asking how urban boundaries are produced through and with emotion; how emotional communities form and define themselves through urban space; and how the emotional imaginings of urban spaces impact on histories, identities and communities, the volume advances our understanding of 'urban emotions' into discussions of materiality, power and embodiment across time and space.