Welcome to country / welcome words by aunty Joy Murphy with illustrations by Lisa Kennedy.

By: Murphy, Joy Wandin [author.]Contributor(s): Kennedy, Lisa, 1963- [illustrator.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newtown, N.S.W. : Walker Books Australia, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 41 x 48 cmContent type: still image | still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781921977077 (paperback)Subject(s): Illustrated children's books | Children's stories -- Pictorial works | Children's stories | Wurundjeri (Australian people) -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction | Intercultural communication -- Australia -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction | Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction | Picture books for children | Intercultural communication -- Australia -- Picture books | Wurundjeri (Australian people) -- Social life and customs -- Picture books | Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies -- Picture books | Big books | Australian fiction -- 21st century | Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies | Intercultural communication | Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies -- Juvenile fiction | Wurundjeri (Australian people) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction | Intercultural communication -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction | Australia | Australian | AustralianGenre/Form: Picture books. | Fiction. | Juvenile works. DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: Aboriginal communities across Australia have boundaries that are defined by mountain ranges and waterways. Traditionally, to cross these boundaries or enter community country you needed permission from the neighbouring community. When this permission was granted the ceremony now called Welcome to Country took place. Each community had its own way of welcoming to country, and they still do today.
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Aboriginal communities across Australia have boundaries that are defined by mountain ranges and waterways. Traditionally, to cross these boundaries or enter community country you needed permission from the neighbouring community. When this permission was granted the ceremony now called Welcome to Country took place. Each community had its own way of welcoming to country, and they still do today.

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