Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture by Bruce Pascoe

$19.99 AUD

Category: History

Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that sugg ests that systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Aboriginal history, and that a new look at Australia's past is required. ...Show more

Keeping The Wanjinas Fresh

$35.00 AUD

Category: 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 opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics It is also the story of Sam Woolagoodja, who was responsible for repainting the sacred Wanjinas in many of the rock shelters that dot the Kimberley landscape, and was among the first to paint the sacred stories on bark and board for Worrorra children living far from their homelands   ...Show more

The Aboriginal Soccer Tribe: A History of Aboriginal Involvement with the World Game by John Maynard; Gordon Briscoe (Foreword by)

$15.99 AUD

Category: General

A first in sporting literature, "The Aboriginal Soccer Tribe" is the largely untold story of Aboriginal involvement with the world game. The acceptance that Aboriginal players found within the post-World War II migrant communities had a profound impact on their lives. The multicultural environment of Au stralian soccer provided them with a haven from the prejudice and racism of wider Australian society. Interweaving personal stories and extensive research with links to the broader Indigenous world community, this book is a celebration of the extraordinary journey taken by Aboriginal sportsmen and women to forge the way ahead for the present crop of talented soccer players. ...Show more

We Are Coming To See You

$96.00 AUD

Category: Art

Bakir and Bi by Jillian Boyd

$4.99 AUD

Category: 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 pelican) named Bi. A famine occurs, and life on the island is no longer harmonious. One day Bakir and Bi disappear and Mar and the children are forced to make the journey to another island by canoe ...and so begins the adventure. There are supernatural themes, totemic connections and kinship relationships and the island names are imaginary as are the characters. The moral of the story is that everyone has a destiny and a purpose in life. ...Show more

The Cowboy Frog by Hilton Laurel

$6.95 AUD

Category: Children | Series: Uupababa Ser.

When only nine years old, Hylton Laurel wrote and illustrated this story about the cocky, heroic frog who becomes a legend of the Noonkanbah Crossing. Hylton is from Millijidee, a tiny, remote community in the WA Kimberley. Ages 5+.

EAL/d Literacy Cycles to Success - A Manual for Teaching Standard Australian English As an Additional Language/Dialect to Indigenous Students Who Speak Kriol or Aboriginal English by Annette Millar

$42.99 AUD

Category: Children

"I only wish I knew decades ago what I know now." says Annette Millar.After 40 plus years of teaching mainly Indigenous students in a range of situations across Australia, Annette has been inspired to share what she 'knows now', through this manual. She has documented successful strategies for teaching Standard Australian English (SAE) literacy skills to students who come to school speaking Aboriginal English or Kriol.By working through the EAL/D Literacy Cycles that Annette has developed, students can become successful in SAE speaking, reading and writing. To competently use these skills is often so elusive, but very necessary, for those wanting to go on to further education and employment.All teachers working in an Indigenous EAL/D educational setting will glean important information and ideas from this manual. ...Show more

Ruby Moonlight (Prizewinner NSW Premier's Awards 2013 - Poetry + Book of the Year) by Ali Cobby Eckermann

$22.99 AUD

Category: General

Ruby Moonlight, a novel of the impact of colonisation in mid north South Australia around 1880. The main character, Ruby, refugee of a massacre, shelters in the woods where she befriends an Irishman trapper. The poems convey how fear of discovery is overcome by the need for human contact, which, in a te nse unravelling of events, is forcibly challenged by an Aboriginal lawman. The natural world is richly observed and Ruby's courtship is measured by the turning of the seasons. Winner of the 2012 Deadly Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature ...Show more

From the Bukarikara - The Lore of the Southwest Kimberley Through the Art of Butcher Joe Nangan by Kim Akerman

$45.00 AUD

Category: Art

From Bradshaw to Wandjina Australian Aboriginal Culture Series No. 12: Aboriginal Paintings of the Kimberley, Western Australia by David Welch

$29.99 AUD

Category: Rock Art

A description of Kimberley rock art, focusing on Bradshaw and Wandjina paintings. Contains 148 photographs, drawings and charts.

Finding our Heart: A Book about the Uluru statement for Young Australians by Thomas Mayor

$24.99 AUD

Category: Children

Author Thomas Mayor's journey around Australia with the Uluru Statement has been a moving experience. In particular, when he visited schools he was inspired by the children he spoke with. Unlike past generations, Australian children today are learning Indigenous languages, seasons and the truth of this country's history. Some children he met even knew more about the Australian Constitution than most adults do! The expression 'through a child's eyes' is put into practice in the pages of this picture book for 5- to 10-year-olds. Thomas hopes that by talking to the guardians of future Australian generations, perhaps we can all accept what First Nations have proposed in the words of the Uluru Statement: 'When we have power over our destiny our children will flourish. They will walk in two worlds and their culture will be a gift to their country.' The final pages offer children ideas on how they can accept the gift offered by the Uluru Statement, such as finding out who the Traditional Owners are of their home city or town, and trying some different local bushfoods. With illustrations created by award-winning artist Blak Douglas, this is a timely children's book that complements Thomas's bestselling adult book Finding the Heart of the Nation.   ...Show more

Papunya Painting Out of the Desert Jigsaw Puzzle

$44.99 AUD

Category: General