| ISBN |
9781742375700 (hardback) |
| Name |
Greenwood, M. (Mark) author. |
| Title |
Jandamarra / Mark Greenwood ; [illustrated by] Terry Denton. |
| Published |
Crows Nest, NSW, Australia : Allen & Unwin, 2013. |
| ©2013 |
| Description |
1 volume of unnumbered pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 32 cm. |
| Notes |
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australian Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. |
| Summary |
He emerged from the cave of bats with the name given to him by his people. He was Jandamarra - a man of power who could appear and disappear like a ghost. Set in the Kimberley region in north-west Australia, this is the story of a young warrior born to lead. To the settlers, he was an outlaw to be hunted. To the Bunuba, he was a courageous defender of his country. Mark Greenwood's text and Terry Denton's watercolour illustrations bring to life this story of conflict and divided loyalties - giving a unique insight into an extraordinary man and a tragic but important part of Australia's frontier history. |
| Target audience note |
9-12 years old. |
| Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6. |
| Subjects |
Jandamarra, -- approximately 1870-1897 |
| Outlaws -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.) Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.) Biography -- Juvenile literature |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Government relations -- Juvenile literature |
| Bunuba (Australian people) -- History -- Juvenile literature |
| Kimberley (W.A.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
| Genre |
Biographies |
| Easy facts |
| Other Names |
Denton, Terry, 1950- illustrator. |
| Added Corporate Names |
Australia Council funder. |
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