Magabala Books

Format Paperback
Pages 112
ISBN 9781922142054
Release date February 1, 2015
Category
All books Award Winning and Notable Culture and History Junior Non-fiction

Resources
Download cover image Media release Magabala Books Teacher Notes Reading Australia Teachers Notes

The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert

Illustrated by

Mervyn Street

LONGLISTED, 2016 CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, EVE POWNALL AWARD FOR INFORMATION BOOKS

The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert is the remarkable account of the life of Mana, a young Walmajarri girl and her family in the desert country of north-west Australia. A collection of accessible stories that elucidate the rich cultural lives of pre-contact Aboriginal Australians, this book is a valuable resource for educators and young readers, and is accompanied by beautiful black and white illustrations.

See also Growing up in the Desert, a DVD about author, Mona Chuguna.

Praise for The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert

"Lowe clearly has great respect for, and understanding of, the Indigenous culture and language of the Walmajarri people of the Kimberley region, and this book is a great way for young people to gain a similar understanding."
– Hannah Cartmel, Books + Publishing

Format Paperback
Pages 112
ISBN 9781922142054
Release date February 1, 2015
Category
All books Award Winning and Notable Culture and History Junior Non-fiction

Resources
Download cover image Media release Magabala Books Teacher Notes Reading Australia Teachers Notes

Jukuna Mona Chuguna

Jukuna Mona Chuguna (deceased) was a Walmajarri woman from the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia. She left the desert with her husband in the 1950s to live and work on cattle and sheep stations in the Kimberley's Fitzroy Valley....

Pat Lowe

Pat Lowe was born and grew up in England but dreamed of migrating to Australia, which she did in 1972. She worked as a teacher in Africa and as a prison psychologist in Australia, but writing has always been her...

Mervyn Street

Mervyn Street is a Gooniyandi artist, from the Fitzroy River region of northern Western Australia. In his youth he worked as a stockman and later developed his artistic talents, producing many paintings, drawings and prints of station life. He now...