The Resource Black cockatoo, by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
Black cockatoo, by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
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The item Black cockatoo, by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Black cockatoo, by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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- Summary
- "Black Cockatoo" is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragile connections of family and culture. Mia is a 13-year-old girl from a remote community in the Kimberley. She is saddened by the loss of her brother as he distances himself from the family. She feels powerless to change the things she sees around her until one day she rescues her totem animal, the dirran black cockatoo, and soon discovers her own inner strength. "Black Cockatoo" is a wonderful small tale on the power of standing up for yourself, culture and ever-present family ties
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Black cockatoo
- Title
- Black cockatoo
- Statement of responsibility
- by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
- Subject
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- Black cockatoos -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBrothers
- trueFamilies
- Girls -- Juvenile fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueRural life
- trueSadness
- trueSmall towns
- trueTeenage girls
- trueThirteen-year-old girls
- Young adult fiction
- trueSelf-fulfillment in children
- trueAboriginal Australian girls
- Aboriginal Australians -- Juvenile fiction
- Australian fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Black Cockatoo" is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragile connections of family and culture. Mia is a 13-year-old girl from a remote community in the Kimberley. She is saddened by the loss of her brother as he distances himself from the family. She feels powerless to change the things she sees around her until one day she rescues her totem animal, the dirran black cockatoo, and soon discovers her own inner strength. "Black Cockatoo" is a wonderful small tale on the power of standing up for yourself, culture and ever-present family ties
- Award
- Children's Book Council of Australia: Notable Australian Children's Book, 2019.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10667574
- Cataloging source
- SALS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Merrison, Carl
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Adolescent
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Hustler, Hakea
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Aboriginal Australians
- Girls
- Black cockatoos
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Black cockatoo, by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000063848592
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 62 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781925360707
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1049932221
- Label
- Black cockatoo, by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000063848592
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 62 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781925360707
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1049932221
Subject
- Black cockatoos -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBrothers
- trueFamilies
- Girls -- Juvenile fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueRural life
- trueSadness
- trueSmall towns
- trueTeenage girls
- trueThirteen-year-old girls
- Young adult fiction
- trueSelf-fulfillment in children
- trueAboriginal Australian girls
- Aboriginal Australians -- Juvenile fiction
- Australian fiction
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Library Locations
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Lionel Bowen Library and Community CentreBorrow it669-673 Anzac Parade, Marouba, NSW, 2035, AU-33.938111 151.237977
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Malabar Community LibraryBorrow it1203 Anzac Parade, Matraville, NSW, 2036, AU-33.962293 151.245961
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Margaret Martin LibraryBorrow itLevel 1, Royal Randwick Shopping Centre, Randwick, NSW, 2031, AU-33.9151421 151.2408898
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