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Rosemary O'Grady

Emerarra: A Man of Merarra by Morndi Munro/Mary Anne Jebb

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November 1997, no. 196
Rosemary O’Grady reviews 'Emerarra: A Man of Merarra' edited by Morndi Munro/Mary Anne Jebb

Merarra is the local name for the land near Walcott Inlet in the far north-west region of Western Australia where saltwater meets freshwater, coastland meets inland. And the ‘man from Merarra’ was the last ‘full’ speaker of the local, Unggumi language, a senior lawman and famous Kimberley stockman called Billy Munro, or, in his native tongue, Morndi.

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