Mamang and Noongar Mambara Bakitj

Mamang and Noongar Mambara Bakitj

The books Mamang and Noongar Mambara Bakitj were created as part of an Indigenous language recovery project led by Kim Scott and the Wirlomin Noongar Language & Stories Project WA. These tales were originally passed on to the American linguist Gerhardt Laves in Albany in the early 1930s. After Laves' death in 1993 these stories were returned to the Wirlomin Noongar people. The Mamang and Noongar Mambara Bakitj stories were discussed and carefully reworked in a series of community meetings involving elders - including some of the children of those who told stories to Laves in 1931.

Presented in both Noongar and English, this book will inspire and delight all ages. Artists Jeffrey Farmer, Helen Nelly, Roma Winmar and Geoffrey Woods have created stunning illustrations to accompany the testimonial story.

*Noongar country covers the the south-west corner of Western Australia, extending from around Geraldton on the west coast to east of Esperance on the south coast.

Mamang and Noongar Mambara Bakitj
UWAP
Writers:
Kim Scott: is one of the Wirlomin Noongar people. He is a two time winner; of the Miles Franklin for his novels Benang and That Deadman Dance.
Iris Woods: is an Aboriginal Health Worker. She has worked extensively in education promoting Wirlomin Noongar language and culture.
Lomas Roberts: (1939 - 2009) was an Elder of the Wirlomin Noongar clan, father, grandfather and uncle. He was highly respected for his Wirlomin Noongar cultural knowledge.

Artists:
Jeffrey Farmer: is a former AFL footballer, a labourer and family man. He has passed on his love of country, culture and language through hunting and camping and now through the illustrations in this book.
Helen Nelly: is one of the stolen generations and a senior female Elder of the Wirlomin Noongar clan. A naturally talented painter, she is inspired by the reclamation of her family stories.
Roma Winmar (Yibiyung) : continually promotes Wirlomin Noongar language and cultural activities. Under the name of Yibiyung she has been a noted painter with the Carrolup School of Artists.
Geoffrey Woods: (1963 - 2010) was a highly respected painter of the Wirlomin Noongar people who also painted under his ancestral name of 'Pirup'.

Mamang ISBN: 9781742582962
Noongar Mambara Bakitj ISBN: 9781742582955
Price: $24.95 each