Songs from the Stations

Myfany Turpin is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music at the University of Sydney.Felicity Meakins is an ARC Future Fellow in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Queensland.

• List of figuresList of musical examplesList of tablesList of mapsList of platesPrefaceAcknowledgementsContributorsA note on orthographyAbbreviations, terms and conventions Introduction1. Social, linguistic and geographic origins of the songs2. Performing wajarra3. The wajarra song setsMintiwarraKamulFreedom DayLakaJuntaraConclusionAppendix 1: The recordingsAppendix 2: Song itemsReferencesIndex

' ... the depth of the analyses and attention to detail make this work an important contribution to the fields of history, linguistics and ethnomusicology. The general reader will see how all aspects of Gurindji culture intertwine, resulting in a most sophisticated world view. Ethnomusicologists, especially, will learn from the careful method used in musical analysis.'