Item category 1: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection

Balharda the bobtail felt pretty in her necklace of wildflowers. But the Bidi-bidi butterflies laughed and said she was ugly. Who will be bobtail's friend? In this Aboriginal Dreaming story, follow Balharda downriver from the desert to the sea and learn how words can hurt or heal, and how making ...

An extensive pictorial guide to this unique Australian icon, covering its uses and traditional and contemporary history.

This remarkable true story pays tribute to a band of Aboriginal boys who grew up together in one group home - many succeeding spectacularly in later life. In 1945, Anglican priest Father Percy Smith brought six boys from their Northern Territory home to an Adelaide beach suburb. There, they becam...

A Boy's Life by celebrated Aboriginal poet and playwright Jack Davis, is an autobiographical account of his boyhood in the southwest of Western Australia during the depression years of the 1920s and 30s. Written with humour and compassion, this book provides insights into a significant literary f...

Warren Braedon, named by his adoptive parents Louis St John Johnson, was taken from his mother in Alice Springs at just three months old. Told he had been abandoned, Louis's adoptive parents, Bill and Pauline Johnson raised him in a loving family in Perth.

On Goonya-Wardu Country, Carnarvon, Western Australia, Walgathu the wedge-tailed eagle chick falls from his nest and then is scared to fly. The Nyingari zebra finch family take care of him. Walgathu goes in search of his eagle family, in the sandhills, the water and the claypans. An ancient law i...

"Stories of mining and the Aboriginal people of the Pilbara"--T.p. verso.

Breaking the Silence recovers the conflicted politics of Aboriginal affairs in the first decades of the twentieth century. From 1905, when the report of the controversial Roth Royal Commission in Western Australia was made known to the public, to the eve of World War II, the condition, status and...

ART OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. AUSTRALIAN. Represents the first generally available photographic coverage of this National Heritage-listed rock-art province near Dampier on Western Australia's Pilbara coast. Includes sections on the local geology and a summary of archaeological work in the region. Ap...

Grandparents are special, and the time you spend with them is special, too. This collection draws together four tales for younger readers from the Waarda series of Indigenous stories, first edited by acclaimed author Sally Morgan. These charming tales share some exciting, happy and even scary tim...

Cars are a central feature of life in remote Aboriginal communities. Far from spare parts and sophisticated tools, bush mechanics keep cars running with what is available in the bush, including mulga wood, spinifex and sand. And while the increasing complexity of modern cars poses a challenge, ev...

The prehistoric record of southern Africa extends back some 2 million years. The oldest cultural artefacts are stone tools such as handaxes, cleavers and choppers. In more recent centuries, archaeologists have found an extensive repertoire of artefacts including not only stone tools, but tools of...

Autobiography of WA actress.

PICTURE BOOKS. AUSTRALIAN. Butcher Paper, Texta, Black Board and Chalk is the culmination of 15 years work of Aboriginal singer songwriter Ruby Hunter with support from her life partner Archie Roach. This stunning children's song book is full of beautiful illustrations and an accompanying music C...

Historically, photographs of Indigenous Australians were produced in unequel and exploitative circumstances. Today, however, such images represent a rich cultural heritage for descendants, who see them in distinctive and positive ways.

This second edition of The Cherry Picker's Daughter is an exquisite portrait of growing up Aboriginal on the fringes of outback towns in NSW in the mid-twentieth century. Its an important book for school libraries and classrooms, with profound insights into the extraordinary strength, resilience ...

Biography & paintings of Aboriginal artist.

This book contains eighteen translated papers by German scholars that are essential for an understanding of Kimberley Aboriginal culture.

In far too many instances, interaction with governments has only made Indigenous lives worse. Despite this, many Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders and commentators still believe that working with the state is the only viable option. The result is constant churn and reinvention in Indigenous a...

"An overview of Australian Aboriginal history arranged alphabetically."--Provided by publisher.

This collection traces the legacy of Richard Broome's pathbreaking work in Aboriginal history by presenting innovative work that assesses and transforms a broad range of important debates that have captured both scholarly and popular attention in recent years. The book brings together a range of ...

This collection of essays explores the history and current status of proposals to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution of Australia. The book had its genesis in a colloquium co-hosted by the University of Southern Queensland and Southern Cross University, at...

Looks at the past through a critical examination of major historical works and witness accounts.

HISTORY. AUSTRALIAN. This book tells the story of one of the first sustained campaigns for justice, land rights and self-determination and provides a superb example of how to share history with a wide audience. Extended collaboration was the crucible for the skilful melding of scholarship, perfor...