First published in 2008
by Aboriginal Studies Press
Reprinted 2009, 2010
© Yasmine Musharbash, 2008
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-In-Publication data:
Author: Musharbash, Yasmine.
Title: Yuendumu everyday : contemporary life in a remote
Aboriginal settlement / Yasmine Musharbash.
ISBN: 9780855756611 (pbk.)
ISBN: 978 0 85575 691 8
Notes: Includes index. Bibliography.
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians — Northern Territory — Yuendumu. Warlpiri (Australian people) — Northern Territory — Yuendumu. Warlpiri (Australian people) — Social life and customs. Yuendumu (NT) — Social life and customs.
Dewey Number: 305.89915
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Cover image: © Liam Campbell