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Title Desert Lake : art, science and stories from Paruku / edited by Steve Morton [and others].

Publication Info. Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Includes index.
Summary A visual and descriptive portrait of Paruku (Lake Gregory), enriched by Indigenous knowledge and the connecting medium of art.
Contents Cover; Contents; List of contributors; Biographies; Map of Paruku; Acknowledgements; Welcome; Introduction; Waljirri; Part 1: Deep time; Chapter 1: Everything comes back to here; Parnkupirti layers; Chapter 2: Earth science in traditional lands:bridge or barrier?; Mapping 1 -- palimpsest; Part 2: Recent times; Travelling around the Lake; Chapter 3: A Lake in time: histories of Paruku; Chapter 4: Mulan story; Early days at Mulan; Veronica Lulu's story of her brother, Rex Johns; Billiluna sunstroke; Billiluna times; At the Old Mission; Mission times; Come back, this is your home.
Working with archaeologists at Sturt CreekMassacre on Sturt Creek -- 1; Massacre on Sturt Creek -- 2; Mapping 2 -- pathways; Falling star studies; How the fish were taken away from the Lake; Chapter 5: Water of life; The Kiji painting; Mapping 3 -- mapping fire and water; Working in the Indigenous Protected Area; Working in our Country; Chapter 6: The living world; The willie wagtail, jirntirpirriny; The bilby, nyarlku; We been bringem back Country; Falling star paintings; Chapter 7: We have come to the shores: an artist's diary; Paruku awareness; Making sculptures.
Chapter 8: The shape of the LakeParnkupirti men's painting; Chapter 9: Thinking about painting; Paruku suite: poems; Mapping 4 -- collaborations; Part 3: The future; Bringing Mulan back to life; Chapter 10: A strong community for the future; Mapping 5 -- kids: mapping the future; Paruku Ranger; A way of healing; Coda: ways of seeing; Glossary of Walmajarri words; Partners; Desert Lake: Art, Science and Stories from Paruku Folio and DVD; Index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Gregory, Lake (W.A.)
Art, Aboriginal Australian.
Australia.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Gregory, Lake (W.A.)
Aboriginal Australians.
Ecology -- Australia -- Gregory, Lake (W.A.)
Ecology.
Gregory, Lake (W.A.) -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Morton, Steve.
Other Form: Print version: Desert Lake. Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2013 9780643106284 (OCoLC)807605846
ISBN 9780643108387 (electronic book)
0643108386 (electronic book)
9780643106284
0643106286