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Scaly-tailed Possum and Echidna

NOTABLE – Children's Book Council of Australia

A traditional Dreamtime story that features the scaly-tailed possum only found in a remote part of the Kimberley region of Australia’s north west and the echidna, one of Australia’s most unusual mammals. Illustrated with paintings on silk, the story also tells of the Wandjina, the Creator and Great Spirit of the Wunambal people of the Kimberley.

$14.99
Cathy Goonack

Cathy Goonack is a descendant of the Wunambul people and part of the Kandiwal tribe from Ngauwudu land, near the Mitchell Plateau in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. She grew up in Derby and moved to Adelaide to finish...

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Katrina Goonack
Marlene, Myron and Katrina Goonack all attended the Kimberley School of the Air in Western Australia at Kandiwal Community for their primary and secondary education. They have worked together to produce art for many of their family's stories and believe...

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Marlene Goonack
Marlene, Myron and Katrina Goonack all attended the Kimberley School of the Air in Western Australia at Kandiwal Community for their primary and secondary education. They have worked together to produce art for many of their family's stories and believe...

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Myron Goonack
Marlene, Myron and Katrina Goonack all attended the Kimberley School of the Air in Western Australia at Kandiwal Community for their primary and secondary education. They have worked together to produce art for many of their family's stories and believe...

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