Meeting the Waylo: Aboriginal Encounters in the Archipelago by Tiffany Shellam
$29.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australia
This book explores the experiences of Indigenous Australians who participated in Australian exploration enterprises in the early nineteenth century. These Indigenous travellers, often referred to as ‘guide’s’, ‘native aides’, or ‘intermediaries’ have already been cast in a variety of ways by historians: ...Show more
Aboriginal Men of High Degree by A. P. Elkin
$29.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australia
The first book to reveal the secret and sacred practices of Aboriginal shamans, Aboriginal Men of High Degree presents an extraordinary series of rites by which the young Aboriginal male begins the degrees of shamanic initiation--each marked by its own portion of esoteric knowledge. One of Australia's m ...Show more
The Stranger Artist: Life at the Edge of Kimberley Painting by Quentin Sprague
$29.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australia
At a hinge-point in his life, artist and ex-gallerist Tony Oliver travelled to the East Kimberley, where he plunged into the crosscurrents and eddies of the Aboriginal art world. He would stay for almost a decade, working alongside a group of senior Gija artists, including acclaimed figures Paddy Bedfor ...Show more
Statements from the Soul: The Moral Case for the Uluru Statement from the Heart by Shireen Morris, Damien Freeman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australia
A collection of passionate essays from religious leaders arguing for a First Nations Voice to be enshrined in the Australian Constitution. In this ground-breaking collection of essays, diverse religious leaders and thinkers come together to advocate for the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Contributors ...Show more
Lowitja: The authorised biography of Lowitja O'Donoghue by Stuart Rintoul
$34.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australia
The profoundly moving biography of a truly great Australian who, against the greatest of odds, became one of Australia's most respected and recognisable Indigenous leaders. 'I am sometimes identified as one of the "success stories" of the policies of removal of Aboriginal children. But for much of my ch ...Show more
Talkin' up to the White Woman - Indigenous Women and Feminism (20th Anniversary Edition) by Aileen Moreton-Robinson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australia
In this ground-breaking and timeless book, Distinguished Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson undertakes a compelling analysis of the whiteness of Australian feminism and its effect on Indigenous women. As a Goenpul woman and an academic, she operationalises an Indigenous women's standpoint as she 'talks ...Show more
Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero by Henry Reynolds, Nicholas Clements
$34.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australia
During Tasmania’s gruesome Black War of 1823-31, Tongerlongeter led the most effective Aboriginal resistance campaign in Australian history. His Oyster Bay Nation of southeast Tasmania and his ally Montpelliatta’s Big River Nation of central Tasmania embarked on 710 attacks, killing 182 colonists and wo ...Show more
Daughter of The River Country by Dianne O'Brien
$32.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australia
From a victim of the 'stolen generations' comes a remarkable memoir of abuse, survival - and ultimately hope.Born in country NSW in the 1940s, baby Dianne is immediately taken from her Aboriginal mother. Raised in the era of the White Australia policy, Dianne grows up believing her adoptive Irish mother ...Show more
Good Morning, Mr Sarra by Chris Sarra
$32.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australia
"When Chris Sarra arrived as the first Aboriginal principal of Cherbourg State School, it was a time of high hopes but low expectations in Indigenous education. Over six years, he transformed the school into a national success story. Along the way, he battled the media, the education system and a cultur ...Show more
Kulin Tales by Sonia Marie
$27.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australia
Learn the Seven Seasons that belong to Bunurong country.. Bunurong People are Indigenous people from South East Victoria Australia. They are part of the Kulin Nation. Read stories entwined with history, knowledge and Traditional Language and see what animals and plants belong in each season. Look to the ...Show more
No Longer a Wandering Spirit: Family and kin reclaiming the memory of Minang woman Bessie Flowers by Sharon Huebner, Ezzard Flowers
$39.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australia
Bessy Flowers is a hero of mine, and I’m very glad she’s at the centre of a book that features her images and writing, along with the remarkable journey to situate her in family and Country. - Kim Scott Kia Kia, Noogiting Wirren, Minang Yorga, Minang Boodja No longer a wandering spirit acknowledges t ...Show more
Smashing Serendipity The Story of One Moorditj Yorga by Louise Hansen
$32.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australia
This is a raw, gritty, inspiring, eye-opening true story of one woman's life that represents the lives of so many other Aboriginal women like her. Life is tough for the Connell family, growing up in a small town where racist attitudes, discrimination and violence against Aboriginal people are commonplac ...Show more