Conversations with the Mob

Megan Lewis

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WEST AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL

Intimate photographic record of the lives of the Martu people of Western Australia.”Conversations with the Mob showcases stunning photographs alongside personal recollections of her time living with the Martu people in Western Australia’s Rudall River – one of the last Indigenous groups in Australia’s vast Western Desert to come into contact with Europeans. Through this stunning collection of photographs and oral stories Conversations with the Mob captures the beauty, humour, sadness and friendship of a traditional Aboriginal tribe at odds with western culture. National Park when she took the photographs for this book..
First Edition. 239 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 24 cm x 31 cm. #190322R/030523/270624/290426

Oversized, overweight book.
Mardu (Australian people) — Social life and customs. | Mardu (Australian people) — Social conditions. | Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Western Desert. | Death – Mourning. | Social organisation – Elders. | Photography. | Manjiljarra / Martu Wangka people (A51.1) (WA SF51-12) | Daily life. | Socioeconomic conditions. | Punmu / Rawa (Great Sandy Desert WA SF51-10) | Parnngur (Great Sandy Desert WA SF51-10) | Jigalong (WA East Pilbara SF51-13)

Additional Information

AuthorMegan Lewis
Number of pages239
PublisherUniversity of Western Australia Press
Year Published2008
Book Condition

NEAR FINE

Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

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