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Alexander Brown
Alexander ‘Sandy’ Brown was born on De Grey Station in January 1930. As a boy he learned the Ngarla Nyamal, and Coastal Nyangumarta languages, the niceties and intricacies of their cultures, and all the Aboriginal knowledge and skills of bush living. He also learned many station skills. He learned to read and write in 1984, and has been recording aspects of his language and culture ever since.
Awards
Winner, Kate Chaillis RAKA Award, 2005
Books available from Fremantle Press
- Ngarla Songs 2003
From the Catalogue
Waarda series for young readers: Yippee! Summer Holidays
by Tjalaminu Mia & Jessica Lister with illustrations by Tracey Gibbs & Sally Morgan
Wilderness Society Award
Congratulations to Sally Morgan whose book The Last Dance won the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Meg McKinlay and Kyle Hughes-Odgers were also shortlisted in the same category for Ten Tiny Things