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History |
Keeping the Wanjinas Fresh: Sam Woolagoodja and the Enduring Power of Lalai is the story of the people of the Wanjinas and their unbroken living cosmology of Lalai- the Dreaming- manifested most memorably in the dazzling giant Wanjina designed by Donny Woolagoodja for the op... read more
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| Author: | David Welch |
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Rock Art |
A description of Kimberley rock art, focusing on Bradshaw and Wandjina paintings. Contains 148 photographs, drawings and charts.
| Author: | Jillian Boyd |
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Children |
Based on a Torres Strait Islander creation story with illustrations by 18-year-old Tori-Jay Mordey. Bakir (rock) and Mar (storm bird) live on a remote island called Egur with their two young children. While fishing on the beach Bakir comes across a very special pelican (Bakirs totem is a... read more
| Author: | Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation |
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History |
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| Author: | Various (selected by the Federation of Children's Book Groups) |
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General |
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Art |
Catherine Goonack, chairperson of Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation, explains the purpose of this book
When we read this book we know that we are reading the stories fron our old people and we feel confident that the stories are the right ones.
This book has been... read more
| Author: | Brenton E. McKenna |
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Children |
| Series: | Ubby's Underdogs Ser. |
Age range 10+ The long-awaited, final book in the Ubby's Underdogs trilogy. It is the late 1940s and Broome, a small pearling town in the heart of an ancient land, is still recovering from WWII. Ubby, a smart, street-wise Aboriginal girl, is the leader of a smal... read more
| Author: | Ungarinyin (Ngarinyin), Worrorra and Wunambal Gaambera People of Mowanjum Community |
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General |
Birds and what they tell us. By the Ungarinyin (Ngarinyin), Worrorra and Wunambal Gaambara people of Mowanjum Community.
| Author: | BULUGARDIE HONEY |
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History |
Out of the Desert is a compelling collection of stories, art and photographs from the Walmajarri people of the Great Sandy Desert, in north western Australia. It tells of their remarkable exodus from remote desert country to an unfamiliar modern society. Within only one generation th... read more
| Author: | One Arm Point Remote Community School |
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Children |
Ardiyooloon is home to the Bardi-Jaawi people and sits at the end of a red dirt road at the top of the Dampier Peninsula, 200km north of Broome in the north-west of Western Australia. OUR WORLD: BARDI-JAAWI LIFE AT ARDIYOOLOON takes readers inside the lives o... read more
| Author: | LOCKYER Betty |
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History |
WWII, 1942 - Broome, pearling town on the far north coast of Western Australia. The enemy was snaking its way towards the Australian coastline. Broome was being evacuated. The resident Japanese and their families had already been interned. Aboriginal families were being trucked to Beagl... read more
