ISBN |
9781925714791 paperback |
Name |
Tirris, Mark author. |
Title |
Yarri and Jacky Jacky / Mark Tirris, Aunty Sony Piper ; [illustrated by Dean Maynard]. |
Published |
Sandgate, Queensland : Knowledge Books and Software, 2020. |
Description |
24 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
Notes |
Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. |
Reading recovery level 24. |
Summary |
This powerful story, retold by Mark Tirris, recounts the heroic rescue of 69 Gundagai townspeople by local Aboriginal men, Yarri and Jacky Jacky. |
Subjects |
Torres Strait Islanders -- History |
Indigenous people -- Australia -- History |
Aboriginal Australians -- History |
Floods -- New South Wales -- Gundagai |
Wiradjuri (Australian people) |
Gundagai -- History -- 1851-1891 |
Genre |
Easy to read (blue : advanced) |
First Nations |
Other Names |
Piper, Aunty Sony author. |
Maynard, Dean illustrator. |
Series |
History of the first Australians 55. |
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