- Title
- Weaving lives together at Bawaka: North East Arnhem Land
- Creator
- Burarrwanga, Lak Lak; Maymuru, Djawundil; Ganambarr, Banbapuy; Wright, Sarah; Suchet-Pearson, Sandie; Lloyd, Kate; Ganambarr, Ritjilili
- Relation
- http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/environmental-and-life-sciences
- Publisher
- University of Newcastle, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies
- Resource Type
- book
- Date
- 2008
- Description
- The book is a collaboration between five senior Yolngu women from north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia and three academic women from Macquarie University and Newcastle University in New South Wales, Australia. The book is written from a Yolngu perspective and shares the processes and methods of weaving and its preparation. Importantly, its storytelling and images discuss the metaphoric and cultural significance of weaving for Yolngu women.
- Subject
- basket making; weaving; Aboriginal Australian women; social life and customs
- Identifier
- uon:5721
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/43651
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780980424201
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