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"Papunya School Book of Country and History" By Nadia Wheatley, Ken Searle (Illustrator)
"Papunya School Book of Country and History" By Nadia Wheatley, Ken Searle (Illustrator)

"Papunya School Book of Country and History" By Nadia Wheatley, Ken Searle (Illustrator)

$17.49 AUD

This work tells the story of how Anangu from five different language groups came to live together at Papunya. From the time of first contact with explorers, missionaries and pastoralists, through to the Papunya art movement and the Warumpi Band, the multi-layered text finally leads us to the development of the unique educational environment that is Papunya School. As an example of two-way learning, it is a profound metaphor for reconciliation.

The book is a collaboration involving the staff and students of Papunya School, working together with children's writer Nadia Wheatley and artist Ken Searle. Combining many voices and many hands, it was originally produced as a resource to be used for the Papunya School Curriculum.

 

Awards:

Winner: CBC Awards 2002, Book of the Year: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books.
Winner of the single primary title category and named joint overall winner of the Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing 2002. Winner: 2002

 

 

  • ISBN: 9781865085258
  • ISBN-10: 1865085251
  • Audience: Teenager / Young Adult
  • For Ages: 11 - 14 years old
  • For Grades: 7 - 10
  • Format: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Number Of Pages: 50
  • Published: 1st July 2003
  • Publisher: A&U Children's
  • Country of Publication: AU
  • Dimensions (cm): 26 x 24 x 0.5
  • Weight (kg): 0.28
  • Edition Number: 1

More About The Artist

More About The Artist

About Nadia Wheatley

About Nadia Wheatley

Nadia Wheatley is an award-winning author whose books over thirty years reflect a commitment to issues of Reconciliation, social justice, and the conservation of the environment. She has been nominated by IBBY Australia for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing - the highest international recognition given to a living author whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature.

Ken Searle is best known for the cityscapes that he has exhibited during a forty-year career as an artist. In his illustration and book design, he draws upon the same sense of composition to take the reader on a journey through the landscape of the book. Over the last decade, Nadia Wheatley and Ken Searle have variously written, illustrated, designed or compiled five books that express aspects of the Indigenous principles of education that they experienced while working as consultants at Papunya School (Northern Territory).

Nadia Wheatley is an award-winning author whose books over thirty years reflect a commitment to issues of Reconciliation, social justice, and the conservation of the environment. She has been nominated by IBBY Australia for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing - the highest international recognition given to a living author whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature.

Ken Searle is best known for the cityscapes that he has exhibited during a forty-year career as an artist. In his illustration and book design, he draws upon the same sense of composition to take the reader on a journey through the landscape of the book. Over the last decade, Nadia Wheatley and Ken Searle have variously written, illustrated, designed or compiled five books that express aspects of the Indigenous principles of education that they experienced while working as consultants at Papunya School (Northern Territory).

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