Item category 1: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection

Look into these lush green bushes. We might find something... There is alyurr! Kakkak Kapindi, my mother's mother, told us alyurr are the Lightning people's children. When the rains begin, they come out of the soil. As they grow, they shed their skins and their bright colours are revealed. Soon t...

Follow the authors as they walk through the bush of northern Australia following the seasonal calendar of the Gundjeihmi-speaking people of Kakadu. Closely observe the birds, plants and animals that inhabit this unique environment, through an understanding of the six Aboriginal seasons and their ...

Collection of narratives concerning the lives of some senior Warlpiri women and the impact of European settlement. B/W illus.

Douglas Lockwood began writing books based on his own knowledge and experiences with the Aborigines of northern and central Australia in the late 1950s. Included in this book are stories of Aboriginal people &and culture, including Albert Namatjira. Some of the tribes represented include: Aranda,...

The Welcome to Country Handbook by Professor Marcia Langton is your accessible introduction to First Nations Peoples, histories and cultures. Drawn from the book Welcome to Country, this guide is essential reading for every Australian, and an excellent resource for cultural awareness training in ...

Shows the making of a woomera or spear thrower by two Pintupi men of the Lake MacDonald area, using traditional techniques with stone tools. Footage was originally shot in 1970.

The passage of land rights laws in New South Wales in 1983 saw political intrigue, deception and disappointment as well as unprecedented engagement by Aboriginal citizens and their supporters. How could a sympathetic NSW State Government redress the effects of two hundred years of colonisation in...