Item category 1: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been protecting country since time immemorial. One way they have continued these traditions in recent times is through service in the Australian military, both overseas and within Australia. In Defence of Country presents a selection of life stori...

Few Australians realise the extent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in the military. Many enlisted before they had the right to vote, to drink alcohol or even to receive equal wages. Defending Country is the first book to document the unique experiences of Indigenous men and...

"What are the Australian Aboriginal languages like? How many are there? Where are they spoken? Are there dictionaries of Aboriginal languages? What kinds of new language have emerged in the last two hundred years? What is the connection between land, people and language in Aboriginal Australia? H...

Tells seven important dreaming stories belonging to the Noongar Wudjari and Ngatju clans. The stories teach us about the creation of significant sites in the Esperance region, their importance to Wudjari and Ngatu people and why this beautiful country is the way it is today.

Tells of five important dreaming stories for the Albany region. The book helps us to learn about Mirnang country, its ancestors and the creation of Albany's beautiful and unique landscape. This beautifully illustrated book is written in Noongar and English so that the whole community can learn an...

Bilingual in Noongar Balardong and English. The story of the mud crab, the magpie goose and the pied cormorant who meet together to dance a corroboree. They all dance until they are exhaused when the magpie goose man and his family decide to become birds, the pied cororant and his family decide t...

Bilingual in Noongar Balardong and English. Tells the story of the creation of all living things, the creation of the earth and the people who are responsible for caring for everything. The author first heard this story from his Uncle Thomas Nannap when he was eight years old and it is a story im...