Some good books on central Australia
Last changed 26 April 2000
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Mahood, Kim. 2000. Craft for a dry lake. Sydney: Anchor. 266pp.
ISBN 1863591397
* Based around the author's growing up on Mongrel Downs, and recent revisiting
of that.
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Murray, Neil. 1993. Sing for me, countryman. 336pp. Rydalmere: Hodder
& Stoughton. Sceptre Books. ISBN 0340578564 $14.95
* The composer and singer (ex-Warrumpi Band) who went to Papunya first
as a school teacher.
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Jacobson, Howard. 1987. In the Land of Oz. Penguin 1988. 380pp.
* Covers his travel all over Australia, and includes some good chapters
set in the Centre. Humorous.
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Hill, Barry. 1994. The Rock: travelling to Uluru. St. Leonards,
NSW: Allen & Unwin. xv+319pp., [8]pp. of plates. (A Rathdowne Book.)
ISBN 1863737782 $39.95; 186373712X (pbk.) $24.95
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1994. Australian Phrasebook. (Lonely Planet Language Survival Kit.)
ISBN 0-86442-256-3. Hawthorn, Vic.: Lonely Planet Publications. Central
Australian Languages, pp.96-121 ("compiled by Jenny Tindale, IAD, with
contributions from Lizzie Ellis, Gavan Breen and Robert Hoogenraad, and
ideas and assistance from Lorna Wilson, Mark MacLean and Ken Grime."(p.3)
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Kerle, J. Anne. 1995. Uluru, Kata-Tjuta & Watarrka = Ayers
Rock, the Olgas & Kings Canyon, Northern Territory. National parks
field guides. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. * Includes myths
recorded by John Willis.
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Latz, Peter K. 1995. Bushfires & bushtucker : Aboriginal plant use
in Central Australia. Alice Springs, N.T. : IAD Press. ISBN 0949659835
xv+400pp.
You may wonder why I don't mention:
Chatwin, Bruce. 1987. The Songlines. 293pp. London: Jonathan
Cape. New York: Elizabeth Sifton/Viking.
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