Warluwarra Stories
- ISBN-10
- 1741313082
- ISBN-13
- 9781741313086
- Category
- Aboriginal Australians
- Pages
- 59
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Authors
- Gavan Breen, Margaret Carew, Keith Marshall
Description
This book is about some of the last speakers of the Warluwarra language from the Georgina River district in western Queensland. The book also honours the contribution that Gavan Breen has made to the documentation of languages throughout his long career as a linguist. From 1967 to 1979 Gavan travelled throughout Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
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