Yeah +1,
great to see.
Cas
On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 9:23 AM, Denise Goodfellow <
> wrote:
> Thanks John, that’s terrific news.
>
> Years ago Kunwinjku relatives insisted I use their names in my fauna
> books. There was much interest from the wider public as well as
> institutions; one publication, Fauna of Kakadu and the Top End, was a ‘core
> text’ of UNSW’s summer school for fourteen years.
>
> But the idea was that they would produce their own. As part of a little
> tourism project (the Baby Dreaming project) we started work on a bird book.
> But for some obscure reason our funding was cut. Then slashes to outstation
> funding forced many into towns such as Gunbalanya, and nobody had the heart
> any more. A grandson, Jehosophat, told me he “hates the future”.
>
> I’ve posted the ABC report to Jehosophat and other relatives on Facebook.
> I hope they take heart from this lass’ fantastic effort.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Denise
>
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> Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
> PO Box 71
> Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841
> 043 8650 835
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> On 15 Apr 2018, at 8:22 am, calyptorhynchus <>
> wrote:
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> > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-15/yirrkala-teenager-
> siena-stubbs-publishes-bird-book/9641348
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