Sharing his boyhood memories of growing up in the Australian bush, Yami Lester explains the games, food, hunting skills, bedtime stories, and many other aspects of the Yankunytjatjara culture in which he was raised. The book relates how Aboriginal culture, language, and religion all emanate from the land and how this knowledge is passed down from the elders to successive generations. The stories follow Lester through the country of his upbringing, providing a firsthand education that is perfect for young students learning about Aboriginal life.

Learning from the Land

Children's Books

Lester, Yami

History

IAD Press

This is Yami Lester's story: from stockman to stirrer.  Beginning in the heart of the Western Desert, Yami tells of his early years learning the country and the Law from the Ones Who Know.  Of his years as a stockman, learning his trade on the vast, unfenced cattle stations of the Centre.  Of this years living in the world of white people.  And of the childhood memories stirred by a voice on the radio - memories of the day when the ground shook and a black mist came up from the south and covered the camp.  Of the sickness that followed, and the blindness that changed his life for ever.  Yami's is a unique life of challenge and change, courage and humour.  From the remote Centralian outback to the handback of Uluru, from bomb tests at Maralinga to the Royal Commission in London, Yami's memories are aout the making of modern Australian history.

Yami: The autobiography of Yami Lester

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Institute for Aboriginal Development Publications

<p>This is Yami Lester's story: from stockman to stirrer. Beginning in the heart of the Western Desert, Yami tells of his early years learning the country and the Law from the Ones Who Know. Of his years as a stockman, learning his trade on the vast, unfenced cattle stations of the Centre. Of this years living in the world of white people. And of the childhood memories stirred by a voice on the radio - memories of the day when the ground shook and a black mist came up from the south and covered the camp. Of the sickness that followed, and the blindness that changed his life for ever. Yami's is a unique life of challenge and change, courage and humour. From the remote Centralian outback to the handback of Uluru, from bomb tests at Maralinga to the Royal Commission in London, Yami's memories are aout the making of modern Australian history.</p>

Yami: The Autobiography of Yami Lester

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Drawing on Yankunytjatjara cultural traditions, this book shares the author's boyhood memories of growing up and learning about the land from his elders through childhood games and bedtime stories.

Australia & Oceania

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Learning from the Land

Yami: The autobiography of Yami Lester

Yami: The Autobiography of Yami Lester

Learning from the Land