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Two sisters : Ngarta and Jukuna : a true story

Bent, Ngarta (Jinny)2019
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Ngarta and Jukuna lived in the Great Sandy Desert. They traversed country according to the seasons, just as the Walmajarri people had done for thousands of years. But it was a time of change. Desert people who had lived with little knowledge of European settlement were now moving onto cattle stations. Those left behind were vulnerable and faced unimaginable challenges. In 1961, when Jukuna leaves with her new husband, young Ngarta remains with a group of women and children. Tragedy strikes and Ngarta is forced to travel alone. Her survival depends on cunning and courage as she is pursued by two murderers in a vast unforgiving landscape.
Main title:
Two sisters : Ngarta and Jukuna : a true story / Ngarta Jinny Bent, Jukuna Mona Chuguna, Pat Lowe, Eirlys Richards.
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
Broome, WA : Magabala Books, 2019.
Collation:
117 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps, colour portraits ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Original edition published: 2004.
Audience:
Pre-adolescent.
ISBN:
9781925936780 (paperback)
Dewey class:
994.140049915994.14004
Language:
English
BRN:
526699
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