Rhonda Inkamala is a multilingual Western Arrarnta, Luritja and Pitjantjatjara woman, artist and teacher, who lives on her beautiful Traditional Land on the Iwupataka Land Trust at Jay Creek in Central Australia. She is passionate about maintaining cultural heritage and identity, and sharing her cultural knowledge of the land, plants and animals. Margaret James is an author and educator who now lives on the east coast of Australia, between forest and ocean, after many happy years spent in Central Australia. She is passionate about preserving ancient Aboriginal languages and culture. Kristal Partridge spent her childhood outside, and she has always been a keen ‘noticer of things’. Drawing is how Kristal makes sense of the world, so she is rarely without a sketchbook and pens. Her drawing style is playful and expressive with purposeful linework that tells a story.
Description
A heartwarming story based on the real life friendship of authors Rhonda Inkamala and Margaret James. These two nanas have been good friends for many years, sharing their loves of coast and desert, family, education, storytelling, nature, languages, culture and a good laugh. Living on the coast and having traveled to the heart of Australia with the authors, the illustrator, Kristal Partridge, has been able to infuse her work with fun and friendship, and to capture the contrast between coastal and outback life in Australia.