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Yinti's Desert Dog

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The second book in the Yinti series of three books. The stories are linked in a sequence that shows Yinti’s development from a young bushie to a competent station worker and adult. When the dingo, Spinifex, is taken from her mother, she expects to be killed. Instead she is adopted and becomes a prized hunting dog. She eventually accompanies her human family, including Yinti, on their journey through the Great Sandy Desert. When Yinti leaves the desert, Spinifex goes with him. Based on stories, told to Pat Lowe by Jimmy Pike, about a dog who lived with his family in the desert during the 1940s and early 1950s.

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Jimmy Pike

Jimmy Pike (deceased) was born near Japingka, a waterhole in the Great Sandy Desert, in about 1940, and his early years were spent as a hunter and gatherer. He walked out of the desert when he was 14-years-old when his...

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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...

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Yinti, Desert Child

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Yinti, Desert Cowboy

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You Call it Desert: We Used to Live There

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Yinti, Desert Child

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The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert

Jukuna Mona Chuguna Pat Lowe Mervyn Street
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Yinti, Desert Cowboy

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You Call it Desert: We Used to Live There

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Out of the Desert: Stories from the Walmajarri Exodus

Eirlys Richards Joyce Hudson Pat Lowe Various