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New Editions of 'Yinti' series released

Sat, Oct 05, 2019

Magabala has released new editions of all three books in the <em>Yinti</em> series written by Pat lowe and Jimmy Pike.

The Yinti stories, are linked in a sequence (Desert Child, Desert Dog and Desert Cowboy), showing Yinti’s development from a young bushie to a skilled station worker and adult. Yinti is a traditional Walmajarri Aboriginal boy growing up Great Sandy Desert in the remote North West of Australia – one of the most marginal environments on earth. This is the story of Yinti’s coming-of-age.

The stories are based on people and events as told to Pat Lowe by Jimmy Pike.

All available now.

Jimmy Pike and Pat Lowe launching ‘Yinti’ at the Sydney Writers Festival, January 1993.