Wurnan

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ISBN: 9781922864260

Sharing on Ngarinyin Country

Wilinggin Aborigi Corporation

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English

Magabala Books
10 February 2026

Art of indigenous peoples; Art Forms; History; Social & cultural anthropology

In the Kimberley region of Western Australia, a group of Ngarinyin people have been engaging with archival material and travelling back to Country to remember and record traditional harvesting and craft-making practices for future generations. This book takes you there, around the campfire where stories are shared and knowledge is passed on. Where memories bubble up about the old days when single-use rafts were hastily constructed using dry pandanus wood and sheets of paperbark to cross a swollen river during the wet season; when a messenger carried news of an upcoming ceremony on a carved wooden stick for hundreds of kilometres across the countryside; when the crack of clap sticks awoke the earth, bringing on the rains and keeping the Country fresh.

Wilinggin Country is an area as vast and varied as Tasmania. The landscape offers distinctive materials that inform the traditional crafts that are made, such as string from the bark of a boab tree, or spindles made from the cypress pine. Understanding this emporium of materials available, and the stories embedded within, brings the Country to life. Combining evocative photography with first-hand quotes and stories from Wilinggin people, this book takes the reader to this far-flung corner of Australia and immerses them within longstanding cultural traditions that are being given a new life in a modern context, providing an ancient perspective on contemporary sustainable design.

By: Wilinggin Aborigi Corporation
Imprint: Magabala Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 227mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 940g
ISBN: 9781922864260
ISBN 10: 1922864269
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 10 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

The Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation, based in Derby, Western Australia, supports Ngarinyin traditional owners manage their clan estates and look after their rights and interests.