Gulpilil's Stories Of The Dreamtime
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Rooted in the ancient oral traditions of Australia's First Peoples, Gulpilil's Stories of the Dreamtime presents a breathtaking collection of Aboriginal myths and legends as told through the voice of David Gulpilil, one of Australia's most celebrated Indigenous performers and cultural ambassadors. Compiled by Hugh Rule and Stuart Goodman, the book chronicles sacred Dreamtime narratives — stories of creation, spirit ancestors, and the deep spiritual relationship between people and country — brought to vivid life through illustrations by Allan Hondow and atmospheric photography by Stuart Goodman. The result is a work of rare cultural intimacy, offering readers a window into a cosmology that stretches back tens of thousands of years. Beyond its role as a collection of stories, this volume stands as a landmark document of Indigenous Australian culture, preserving traditions that are both ancient and urgently alive. The Dreamtime — far from being mere mythology — is presented here as a living framework that governs law, land, and identity for Aboriginal Australians. Goodman and Rule approach their subject with deep respect, allowing Gulpilil's distinctive voice and authority to carry the weight of the narratives, while the visual elements ground each story in the ochres and shadows of the Australian landscape. For anyone seeking to understand the spiritual and cultural foundations of the world's oldest living civilisation, this book issues an invitation that is impossible to refuse.
Author: Hugh Rule And Stuart Goodman
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Rooted in the ancient oral traditions of Australia's First Peoples, Gulpilil's Stories of the Dreamtime presents a breathtaking collection of Aboriginal myths and legends as told through the voice of David Gulpilil, one of Australia's most celebrated Indigenous performers and cultural ambassadors. Compiled by Hugh Rule and Stuart Goodman, the book chronicles sacred Dreamtime narratives — stories of creation, spirit ancestors, and the deep spiritual relationship between people and country — brought to vivid life through illustrations by Allan Hondow and atmospheric photography by Stuart Goodman. The result is a work of rare cultural intimacy, offering readers a window into a cosmology that stretches back tens of thousands of years. Beyond its role as a collection of stories, this volume stands as a landmark document of Indigenous Australian culture, preserving traditions that are both ancient and urgently alive. The Dreamtime — far from being mere mythology — is presented here as a living framework that governs law, land, and identity for Aboriginal Australians. Goodman and Rule approach their subject with deep respect, allowing Gulpilil's distinctive voice and authority to carry the weight of the narratives, while the visual elements ground each story in the ochres and shadows of the Australian landscape. For anyone seeking to understand the spiritual and cultural foundations of the world's oldest living civilisation, this book issues an invitation that is impossible to refuse.