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Enlarge cover image for Uluru, Australia's Aboriginal heart / by Caroline Arnold ; photographs by Arthur Arnold. Book

Uluru, Australia's Aboriginal heart / by Caroline Arnold ; photographs by Arthur Arnold.

Summary:

Describes Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, in Australia's Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, its plant and animal life, and the country's Aboriginal people for whom the site is sacred.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0618181814 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780618181810 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 27 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Clarion Books, c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A giant red rock -- Australia's first people -- Tjukurpa -- A sacred place -- Kuniya the python -- The marsupial mole -- Willy wagtail woman -- The blue-tongued lizard man -- The geology of Ulur̲u and Katatjut̲a -- Ulur̲u -- Kata Tjut̲a -- A desert landscape -- The seasons -- Water -- Desert wildlife -- The changing landscape -- Living in the desert -- Taking care of the land -- Australia's red center -- A place of universal importance.
Subject:
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (N.T.)
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Northern Territory > Antiquities > Juvenile literature.
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Northern Territory > Religion > Juvenile literature.
Sacred space > Australia > Northern Territory > Juvenile literature.
Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) > Australia > Northern Territory > Juvenile literature.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (N.T.)
Aboriginal Australians.
Genre:
Juvenile materials.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library JUV 994.0 ARNO 2003 280554 Juv Available -

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