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ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER BOOKS

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The cover of a fold out map titled " AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia". That map on the cover shows the continent of Australia broken up into the different indigenous language groups. The cover of a fold out map titled " AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia". That map on the cover shows the continent of Australia broken up into the different indigenous language groups.
Indigenous Australia Map | AIATSIS $14.95
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The cover of a fold out map titled " AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia". That map on the cover shows the continent of Australia broken up into the different indigenous language groups.

Indigenous Australia Map | AIATSIS

$14.95


This map is a perfect map for anyone interested in the diversity of Australia's First Nations peoples.The AIATSIS map serves as a visual reminder of the richness and diversity of...

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John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new
John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new $49.95
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John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new

John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new

$49.95


John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new reunites works of art from national and international collections made across a 40-year period. John Mawurndjul AM (born 1952, Kubukkan near...

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Albert Namatjira | Author: Vincent Namatjira Albert Namatjira | Author: Vincent Namatjira
Albert Namatjira | Author: Vincent Namatjira $24.99
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Albert Namatjira | Author: Vincent Namatjira

Albert Namatjira | Author: Vincent Namatjira

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Award-winning artist Vincent Namatjira tells the life story of his great-grandfather, Albert Namatjira, one of Australia's most iconic artists. Vincent's witty and moving paintings are accompanied by evocative text, which...

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They Are Meditating : Bark paintings from the MCA's Arnotts Collection | Exhibition catalogue They Are Meditating : Bark paintings from the MCA's Arnotts Collection | Exhibition catalogue
They Are Meditating : Bark paintings from the MCA's Arnotts Collection | Exhibition catalogue $20.00 $49.95
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They Are Meditating : Bark paintings from the MCA's Arnotts Collection | Exhibition catalogue

They Are Meditating : Bark paintings from the MCA's Arnotts Collection | Exhibition catalogue

$20.00 $49.95


Since the 1950s the practice of bark painting has responded to new contexts and has become increasingly pertinent to the outside world. During this period, the generation of painters most...

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Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia | Author: Marcia Langton Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia | Author: Marcia Langton
Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia | Author: Marcia Langton $39.99
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Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia | Author: Marcia Langton

Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia | Author: Marcia Langton

$39.99


Keen to travel and learn more about Australia's first peoples? Marcia Langton's Welcome to Country is a completely new and inclusive guidebook to Indigenous Australia and the Torres Strait Islands....

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Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia | Author: Bruce Pascoe $22.99
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Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia | Author: Bruce Pascoe

$22.99


'Dark Emu injects a profound authenticity into the conversation about how we Australians understand our continent...[It is] essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what Australia once was, or...

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Young Dark Emu: A Truer History | Author: Bruce Pascoe $24.99
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Young Dark Emu: A Truer History | Author: Bruce Pascoe

$24.99


Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers. Using...

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Shirley Purdie. My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe | Author: Shirley Purdie Shirley Purdie. My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe | Author: Shirley Purdie
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Shirley Purdie. My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe | Author: Shirley Purdie

Shirley Purdie. My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe | Author: Shirley Purdie

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I am Shirley PurdieThis is my storyNgayin-ga Birrmarriyan-ngaBerrembi jarragbe ngaginybe.My mother shows me how to get bushtucker and she shows me how to paint.Now I'm a famous artist.My paintings are...

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A book cover featuring multiple images including a photo of three indigenous Men wearing the aboriginal flag; A group of indigenous women in brightly coloured dresses; and a dot painting in warm tones of red, orange and yellow. A book cover featuring multiple images including a photo of three indigenous Men wearing the aboriginal flag; A group of indigenous women in brightly coloured dresses; and a dot painting in warm tones of red, orange and yellow.
The Little Red Yellow Black Book: An Introduction to Indigenous Australia | Author: AIATSIS $19.95
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A book cover featuring multiple images including a photo of three indigenous Men wearing the aboriginal flag; A group of indigenous women in brightly coloured dresses; and a dot painting in warm tones of red, orange and yellow.

The Little Red Yellow Black Book: An Introduction to Indigenous Australia | Author: AIATSIS

$19.95


Originally published in 1994, The Little Red Yellow Black Book has established itself as the perfect starting point for those who want to learn about the rich cultures and histories...

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A book cover featuring a collage of images relating to the Aboriginal past and present of Sydney including: traditional artefacts, art. a colonial illustration; a boat flying the aboriginal flag; rock carings and an aboriginal man by a campfire. A book cover featuring a collage of images relating to the Aboriginal past and present of Sydney including: traditional artefacts, art. a colonial illustration; a boat flying the aboriginal flag; rock carings and an aboriginal man by a campfire.
Aboriginal Sydney: A guide to important places of the past and present | Author: Melinda Hinkson Back in stock soon.
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A book cover featuring a collage of images relating to the Aboriginal past and present of Sydney including: traditional artefacts, art. a colonial illustration; a boat flying the aboriginal flag; rock carings and an aboriginal man by a campfire.

Aboriginal Sydney: A guide to important places of the past and present | Author: Melinda Hinkson

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Despite its bustling urban presence, Sydney has a rich and complex Aboriginal heritage. Hidden within its burgeoning city landscape lie layers of a vibrant culture and a turbulent history -...

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The cover of a book entitled " Welcome to country: An introduction to our First peoples for young Australians". It features a details of a painting by Blak Douglas which depicts two kangaroos in front of a landscape. The cover of a book entitled " Welcome to country: An introduction to our First peoples for young Australians". It features a details of a painting by Blak Douglas which depicts two kangaroos in front of a landscape.
Welcome to Country Youth Edition: An Introduction to our First Peoples for Young Australians | Author: Marcia Langton Back in stock soon.
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The cover of a book entitled " Welcome to country: An introduction to our First peoples for young Australians". It features a details of a painting by Blak Douglas which depicts two kangaroos in front of a landscape.

Welcome to Country Youth Edition: An Introduction to our First Peoples for Young Australians | Author: Marcia Langton

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An extended, education-focused edition of this bestselling book, which received the 2019 Indie Book Award for Best Illustrated Non-fiction and was shortlisted for General Non-fiction Book of the Year at...

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Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence | Author: Doris Pilkington Back in stock soon.
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Book cover featuring an image of three young women in the desert with a blue cloudy sky, including the text Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence overlayed

Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence | Author: Doris Pilkington

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The film Rabbit-Proof Fence is based on this true account of Doris Pilkington's mother Molly, who as a young girl led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1,600 kilometre walk...

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Welcome To Country (Slip case edition with a print) | Author: Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy $34.99
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Welcome To Country (Slip case edition with a print) | Author: Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy

$34.99


A beautiful slipcase edition including a hardback with a keepsake art print making this a perfect gift for young readers.  Aboriginal communities across Australia have boundaries that are defined by...

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Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines | Author: Jasmine Seymour $24.99
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Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines | Author: Jasmine Seymour

$24.99


‘Warami mittigar. Hello friend.We welcome you to Darug Country.’Cooee Mittigar, meaning Come Here Friend, is an invitation to yana (walk), on Darug Country. In this stunning picture book, Darug creators...

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Tense Past | Author: Julie Gough Tense Past | Author: Julie Gough
Tense Past | Author: Julie Gough $65.00
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Tense Past | Author: Julie Gough

Tense Past | Author: Julie Gough

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Tense Past documents Gough’s major survey exhibition held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart from 7 June–3 November 2019. This epic exhibition, curated by Dr. Mary Knights, showcased 25 years of Julie’s...

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Welcome To Country (Board Book) | Author: Joy Murphy Wandin Back in stock soon.
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Welcome To Country (Board Book) | Author: Joy Murphy Wandin

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An Aboriginal ceremony of Welcome to Country is depicted for the first time in a stunning board book from two Indigenous Australians.Welcome to the lands of the Wurundjeri people. The people are...

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Book featuring one of Emily Kame Kngwarreye artworks which features colours such as blue, white, pink, purple, red, yellow and green Book featuring one of Emily Kame Kngwarreye artworks which features colours such as blue, white, pink, purple, red, yellow and green
Emily Kame Kngwarreye | Author: Emily Kame Kngwarreye $29.99
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Book featuring one of Emily Kame Kngwarreye artworks which features colours such as blue, white, pink, purple, red, yellow and green

Emily Kame Kngwarreye | Author: Emily Kame Kngwarreye

$29.99


Emily Kame Kngwarreye was born in her Country, Alhalkere, early in the 20th century. She grew up learning about the land, its history, stories, songs, plants and animals; the practical...

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Dropbear | Author: Evelyn Araluen Dropbear | Author: Evelyn Araluen
Dropbear | Author: Evelyn Araluen $24.99
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Dropbear | Author: Evelyn Araluen

Dropbear | Author: Evelyn Araluen

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I told you this was a thirst so great it could carve rivers.This fierce debut from award-winning writer Evelyn Araluen confronts the tropes and iconography of an unreconciled nation with...

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Image featuring a book cover with a black background with yellow, orange and green text saying: Going to the footy - Debbie Coombes, book cover also includes illustrations on airplanes, people in a boat, truck Image featuring a book cover with a black background with yellow, orange and green text saying: Going to the footy - Debbie Coombes, book cover also includes illustrations on airplanes, people in a boat, truck
Going to the Footy | Author: Debbie Coombes $19.99
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Going to the Footy | Author: Debbie Coombes

$19.99


In this quintessentially Australian title, Going to the Footy combines richly textured and striking illustrations of iconic Australian modes of transport, with some gentle humour. This strikingly beautiful book for Early Childhood...

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Image featuring a book cover with finely illustrated green/blue leaves with black text saying Maar bidi: next generation black writing (on the front) Image featuring a book cover with finely illustrated green/blue leaves with black text saying Maar bidi: next generation black writing (on the front)
Maar bidi: Next generation black writing | Edited by: Elfie Shiosaki Back in stock soon.
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Maar bidi: Next generation black writing | Edited by: Elfie Shiosaki

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In this beautifully crafted, evocative and poignant anthology of prose and fiction, a diverse group of young black writers are encouraged to find strength in their voices and what is...

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Astronomy: Sky Country | Author: Karlie Noon Astronomy: Sky Country | Author: Karlie Noon
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Astronomy: Sky Country | Author: Karlie Noon

Astronomy: Sky Country | Author: Karlie Noon

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What do you need to know to prosper for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. Many First...

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Loving Country: A Guide to Sacred Australia | Author: Bruce Pascoe Loving Country: A Guide to Sacred Australia | Author: Bruce Pascoe
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Loving Country: A Guide to Sacred Australia | Author: Bruce Pascoe

Loving Country: A Guide to Sacred Australia | Author: Bruce Pascoe

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Loving Country is a powerful and essential guidebook that offers a new way to travel and discover Australia through an Indigenous narrative. In this beautifully designed and photographed edition, co-authors Bruce...

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Through Old Eyes | Author: Uncle Wes Marne Through Old Eyes | Author: Uncle Wes Marne
Through Old Eyes | Author: Uncle Wes Marne $19.95
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Through Old Eyes | Author: Uncle Wes Marne

Through Old Eyes | Author: Uncle Wes Marne

$19.95


Published to commemorate the author's 100th birthday, this wide-ranging and thoughtful collection reflects on history, colonisation, family, childhood, Aboriginal Dreaming, traditions and storytelling, working lives and people. Sometimes wistful, melancholic,...

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Image of book cover featuring black and white photograph of a shirtless man standing in the beach waves. Image of book cover featuring black and white photograph of a shirtless man standing in the beach waves.
Racism: Stories on fear, hate & bigotry | Edited by: Winnie Dunn $19.95
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Racism: Stories on fear, hate & bigotry | Edited by: Winnie Dunn

$19.95


Are we a nation of racists? Thirty-nine writers confront our darkest truths in this fearless collection of short stories, poems and essays from the margins of Australia. Featuring Tyree Barnette,...

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Image featuring a book cover with a grey graphic illustration of a bush plant and a feather with gold text saying: Bindi - Kirli Saunders, Illustrated by Dub Leffler Image featuring a book cover with a grey graphic illustration of a bush plant and a feather with gold text saying: Bindi - Kirli Saunders, Illustrated by Dub Leffler
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Bindi | Author: Kirli Saunders

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Winner of the Daisy Utemorrah AwardMeet 11-year-old Bindi. She's not really into maths but LOVES art class and playing hockey. Her absolute FAVOURITE thing is adventuring outside with friends or...

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Welcome To Country | Author: Aunty Joy Murphy Welcome To Country | Author: Aunty Joy Murphy
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Welcome To Country | Author: Aunty Joy Murphy

Welcome To Country | Author: Aunty Joy Murphy

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Winner of the Environment Award for Children’s Literature and Educational Publishing Award, CBCA Notable Book and short-listed for the CBCA Crichton Award, the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the Speech...

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The Two Lizard-Men | Author: David M. Welch The Two Lizard-Men | Author: David M. Welch
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The Two Lizard-Men | Author: David M. Welch

The Two Lizard-Men | Author: David M. Welch

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The two Lizard-Men are Kurukadi and Mumba known together as Wati Kutjara who travelled the Western Desert in the Dreamtime.  Their creation stories belong to the Ngadadjara people of the...

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Day Break | Author: Amy McQuire Day Break | Author: Amy McQuire
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Day Break | Author: Amy McQuire

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Day Break is the story of a family making their way back to Country on January 26. We see the strength they draw from being together, and from sharing stories...

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Lola Greeno: Cultural Jewels | Author: Lola Greeno Lola Greeno: Cultural Jewels | Author: Lola Greeno
Lola Greeno: Cultural Jewels | Author: Lola Greeno $35.00
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Lola Greeno: Cultural Jewels | Author: Lola Greeno

Lola Greeno: Cultural Jewels | Author: Lola Greeno

$35.00


The overarching theme of Lola Greeno: Cultural Jewels is storytelling; the meticulous crafting of stories of cultural knowledge, natural beauty, ancient traditions, and connectedness with her island home. This extensive colour monograph features...

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Gordon Bennett: Selected Writings | Author: Gordon Bennett Gordon Bennett: Selected Writings | Author: Gordon Bennett
Gordon Bennett: Selected Writings | Author: Gordon Bennett $45.00
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Gordon Bennett: Selected Writings | Author: Gordon Bennett

Gordon Bennett: Selected Writings | Author: Gordon Bennett

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Gordon Bennett: Selected Writings is the first publication to survey the writing practice of the late Gordon Bennett (1955-2014), giving vital insight into one of Australia's most important contemporary artists...

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The book coer for "Sand Talk'. A detail off a red carved wooden item is shown on a white background, The book coer for "Sand Talk'. A detail off a red carved wooden item is shown on a white background,
Sand Talk: How Indigenous thinking can save the world | Author: Tyson Yunkaporta Back in stock soon.
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Sand Talk: How Indigenous thinking can save the world | Author: Tyson Yunkaporta

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What happens when global systems are viewed from an Indigenous perspective? How does it affect the way we see history, money, power and learning? Could it change the world? This remarkable...

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Yornadaiyn Woolagoodja | Author: Yornadaiyn $34.99
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Yornadaiyn Woolagoodja | Author: Yornadaiyn

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This stunning book is a biography and a generous sharing of Yorna's Culture and traditional beliefs. Explore the meaning of Country, Lalai ('Creation'), Wandjina, Woongudd (the 'Snake'), in the author's...

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A book cover with red black and white handwriting on a solid yellow background. The text reads " Growing up Aboriginal in Australia" A book cover with red black and white handwriting on a solid yellow background. The text reads " Growing up Aboriginal in Australia"
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia | Edited by: Anita Heiss Back in stock soon.
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A book cover with red black and white handwriting on a solid yellow background. The text reads " Growing up Aboriginal in Australia"

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia | Edited by: Anita Heiss

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Childhood stories of family, country and belonging.What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and...

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Living on Stolen Land | Author: Ambelin Kwaymullina Living on Stolen Land | Author: Ambelin Kwaymullina
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Living on Stolen Land | Author: Ambelin Kwaymullina

Living on Stolen Land | Author: Ambelin Kwaymullina

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You are on Indigenous lands,swimming in Indigenous waters,looking up at Indigenous skies.Living on Stolen Land is a prose-styled look at our colonial-settler 'present'. This book is the first of its kind...

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A Monograph book cover featuring an artwork by Nongirrna Marawili in brown, tan and cream tones. A Monograph book cover featuring an artwork by Nongirrna Marawili in brown, tan and cream tones.
Nongirrna Marawili from My Heart and Mind | Edited by: Cara Pinchbeck $45.00
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A Monograph book cover featuring an artwork by Nongirrna Marawili in brown, tan and cream tones.

Nongirrna Marawili from My Heart and Mind | Edited by: Cara Pinchbeck

$45.00


 Noŋgirrŋa Marawili is one of the most distinctive Aboriginal artists working today. From her home in Yirrkala, Marawili has revolutionised the art of northeastern Arnhem Land while adhering to cultural protocols....

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The Outback | Author: Annaliese Porter

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A stunning picture book destined to become an Australian classic.Annaliese Porter was only eight years old when she wrote The Outback. She has captured the Australian outback in all its moods...

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Belonging: Stories From Far North Queensland | Author: IACA Belonging: Stories From Far North Queensland | Author: IACA
Belonging: Stories From Far North Queensland | Author: IACA $59.95
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Belonging: Stories From Far North Queensland | Author: IACA

Belonging: Stories From Far North Queensland | Author: IACA

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Slated to become the seminal text on contemporary Indigenous artmaking in Far North Queensland, the publication is an important companion to the exhibition as well as a significant standalone legacy...

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Balgo: Creating Country | Author: John Carty Balgo: Creating Country | Author: John Carty
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Balgo: Creating Country | Author: John Carty

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In the early days we did painting. Cultural way. For ourselves. Then on the mission Sister Alice was working with the young men and women, like Gracie Green and Matthew...

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Silly Birds | Author: Gregg Dreise Back in stock soon.
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Silly Birds | Author: Gregg Dreise

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In this humble, charming and humorous morality tale, Maliyan is a proud eagle who always looks, listens and sees things from a long way away. One day he meets the...

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A book cover with Aboriginal cover art.  The image and titles are hand painted in black and red. There is a black outline of the continent of Australia rendered in finger painting A book cover with Aboriginal cover art.  The image and titles are hand painted in black and red. There is a black outline of the continent of Australia rendered in finger painting
Kulinmaya! Keep listening, everybody! | Author: Mumu Mike Williams Back in stock soon.
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Kulinmaya! Keep listening, everybody! | Author: Mumu Mike Williams

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"I want my book to be in schools and read by politicians and young people everywhere, so that they can learn about Tjukurpa Law, and realise how crucially important Tjukurpa...

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i-Tjuma: Ngaanyatjarra stories from the Western Desert of Central Australia | Edited by: Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis $34.99
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i-Tjuma: Ngaanyatjarra stories from the Western Desert of Central Australia | Edited by: Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis

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Between 2012 and 2019 Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis, Inge Kral and Jennifer Green worked together to make an enduring record of endangered verbal arts in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands communities of Western...

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Gudyarra: The First Wiradyuri War of Resistance | Author: Stephen Gapps Gudyarra: The First Wiradyuri War of Resistance | Author: Stephen Gapps
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Gudyarra: The First Wiradyuri War of Resistance | Author: Stephen Gapps

Gudyarra: The First Wiradyuri War of Resistance | Author: Stephen Gapps

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In Gudyarra, Stephen Gapps – award-winning author of The Sydney Wars – unearths what led to this furious and bloody war, beginning with the occupation of Wiradyuri lands by Europeans...

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Before Time Began | Author: Jessica De Largy Healy Before Time Began | Author: Jessica De Largy Healy
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Before Time Began | Author: Jessica De Largy Healy

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 The common thread running right through this work is man's link with the land, the legacy of the ancestors that still echoes in the present. Understanding and following this underlying...

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Design: Building on Country | Author: Alison Page

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Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of...

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The blue and yellow rectangular box has 'coming home to country' capitalised on the top left corner and on the book cover images at the bottom. The blue and yellow rectangular box has 'coming home to country' capitalised on the top left corner and on the book cover images at the bottom.
Coming Home To Country Book and Puzzle Set | Author: Bronwyn Bancroft $24.99
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Coming Home To Country Book and Puzzle Set | Author: Bronwyn Bancroft

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A stunning paperback picture book and 72 piece puzzle set from Australia's foremost indigenous illustrator.Run to the creek,perch on a rock,slip into clear crystal water.A visual and lyrical depiction of...

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Dreaminglines: Immerse your self in the ancient ways | Author: Margo Bimberg Dreaminglines: Immerse your self in the ancient ways | Author: Margo Bimberg
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Dreaminglines: Immerse your self in the ancient ways | Author: Margo Bimberg

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Margo Birnberg is a freelance journalist, photographer, poet and the author of numerous books and articles dealing with the subject of reconciliation. "Here in this book, which I called Dreaminglines,...

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PRE-ORDER: Ikuntji Textiles | Edited by Chrischona Schmidt

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PLEASE NOTE: This title is available for PRE-ORDER. This book is due late July and all orders placed will be sent as soon as stock arrives.  Ikuntji Artists presents Ikuntji...

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Book featuring cover art of A is for Aunty which includes illustration of the australian desert, kangaroos, trees and a river with a boat; and fisherman Book featuring cover art of A is for Aunty which includes illustration of the australian desert, kangaroos, trees and a river with a boat; and fisherman
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A is for Aunty | Author: Elaine Russell

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Back in print at last! More than just an alphabet book, this powerful and affecting title uses the letters A-Z as a framework to tell us about growing up on...

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