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Desert Lake : art, science and stories from Paruku /

"Desert Lake" is a book combining artistic, scientific and Indigenous views of a striking region of north-western Australia. Paruku is the place that white people call Lake Gregory. It is Walmajarri land, and its people live on their country in the communities of Mulan and Billiluna. This...

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Corporate Author:	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
Other Authors:	Morton, Steve (Editor), Martin, Mandy, 1952- (Editor), Mahood, Kim (Editor), Carty, John, Dr (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Collingwood, Vic : CSIRO Publishing, [2013]
Subjects:	Art, Aboriginal Australian > Australia > Western Australia > Gregory, Lake (W.A.) Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Western Australia > Gregory, Lake (W.A.) Ecology > Australia > Western Australia > Gregory, Lake (W.A.) Art, Aboriginal Australian > Australia > Western Australia. Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Western Australia. Ecology > Australia > Western Australia. Gregory, Lake (W.A.) > Social conditions. Gregory, Lake (W.A.)

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