Born: Established: 1951 ;
Gender:
Female
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2022 recipient Order of Australia — Member of the Order of Australia (AM) For significant service to science education as a writer and researcher.
Awards for Works
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Songlines : First Knowledges for Younger Readers
Port Melbourne
:
Thames and Hudson
,
2023
26667512
2023
single work
information book
children's
'How do you find your way around, get your food and drink, connect with your friends and family? How do you know the right and safe way to do things, or how to make things? Before the white people came to the continent, all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples knew how to do all these things - and much, much more. Margo Ngawa Neale and Lynne Kelly invite you on a journey through the oldest, biggest library of knowledge on Earth. This knowledge isn't held in books: you will find it in Songlines of the land, sea and sky. Learn about history, art, song, science and more in this engaging and inviting introduction to Indigenous traditional knowledges, how they apply today and how they can help all people thrive into the future.' (Publication summary)
- 2024 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
- 2024 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Book of the Year for Younger Children
- 2024 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Eve Pownall Award
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Songlines : The Power and Promise
Port Melbourne
:
Thames and Hudson
,
2020
20861610
2020
multi chapter work
criticism
'Songlines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australia’s many Indigenous cultures flourished for over 60,000 years. Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic sense, these vast and robust stores of information are encoded through song, story, dance, art and ceremony, rather than simply recorded in writing.
'Weaving deeply personal storytelling with extensive research on mnemonics, Songlines: The Power and Promise offers unique insights into Indigenous traditional knowledges, how they apply today and how they could help all peoples thrive into the future. This book invites readers to understand a remarkable way for storing knowledge in memory by adapting song, art, and most importantly, Country, into their lives.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2021 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Award for Non-Fiction
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