Re-telling the stories of the Torres Strait as recorded in Margaret Lawrie's book Myths and Legends of Torres Strait.
The story of Wawa artwork by Eddie Nona
Amipuru, Ephraim Bani, 1967.
Part of the Margaret Lawrie Collection of Torres Strait Islands Material
Culture Love Children's Workshop - Mabuiag Island, May 2010
This digital story retells Amipuru, one of the myths recorded in Margaret Lawrie's, Myths and Legends of Torres Strait. Partnering with the Torres Strait Island Regional Council's Indigenous Knowledge Centre (IKC) at Mabuiag Island, children were inspired to retell Amipuru during literacy through the arts, writer and illustrator workshops in 2008. During the Mabuiag IKC's culture love children's language workshop in April 2010, the children used clay and sculpture, combining these images with their retelling of the Amipuru story in Kalaw Lagaw Ya.
Retold Torres Strait Language Recording Workshops from State Library of Queensland on Vimeo.
Workshop participants involved in the production of the digital story.
The multi-media artwork created during the culture love workshop was used to animate the Amipuru story.
Cygnet Repu, Mabuiag Island Community Language Consultant and Leonora Adidi, ReTold linguist and project coordinator guide children and young people through the translation work they are doing with the Amipuru story.
Last updated: 17th January 2012
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