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Learning Country
Learning Country
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A First Nations Journey Around Australia's Traditional Place Names.
A highly designed, colourful picture book aimed at celebrating traditional names of well-known Australian places such as Gadigal (Sydney) and Lunawuni (Bruny Island), from a popular breakthrough Indigenous artist.
Laugh joyfully like a kookaburra in Canberra.
Watch your toes turn red in Rubibi.
And walk soft under the bunya pines in Meeanjin.
From Gudanji/Wakaja artist Ryhia Dank comes Learning Country, a vibrant and contemporary picture book that celebrates the traditional names of well-known Australian places.
'I wanted to travel this place to hear some of its old stories ... to learn'. - Ryhia Dank.
Ryhia Dank is a Gudanji/Wakaja artist and storyteller who grew up in the remote Northern Territory and now lives in contemporary urban Australia. Her unique visual language—what she calls “storywork”—draws on traditional pattern and design to share culture, memory, and identity. Her practice is named Nardurna, a Gudanji word meaning “woman,” and is rooted in a Dreaming story of three women who came from the ocean to shape the hills and freshwater Country near Ngukurr.
Age: 3+ years
Pages: 32, Hardcover
Published: 2025
