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Wilam :

Murphy, Joy Wandin,

Wilam : a Birrarung story / Aunty Joy Murphy & Andrew Kelly ; with illustrations by Lisa Kennedy. - Newtown, NSW : Black Dog Books an imprint of Walker Books Australia, 2019. - 28 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 26 x 30 cm.

Glossary included.

As ngua rises, Bunjil soars over mountain ash, flying higher and higher as the wind warms. Below, Birrarung begins its long winding path down to palem warreen. Wilam ? home. Yarra Riverkeeper Andrew Kelly joins Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy to tell the Indigenous and geographical story of Melbourne?s Yarra river, from its source to its mouth; from its pre-history to the present day.

Primary.

9781925381764 1925381765 (hardback)


Woiwurrung language--Juvenile literature.
Aboriginal Australians--Folklore--Juvenile literature.
Rivers--Juvenile literature.
Stream ecology--Juvenile literature.
Stream animals--Juvenile literature.


Yarra River (Vic.)--Juvenile literature.

Australian


Picture books.

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