Under a Bilari Tree I Born by Bilari Smith Alice
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Alice Bilari Smith lived in the Pilbara, on stations and in the bush, on government reserves and in towns. Narrowly avoiding removal from her family by 'the Welfare', life on the stations taught her to cook and launder, sew and clean, shoe horses, chop wood and milk cows. As a young married woman she ad ...Show more
A Question of Colour: my journey to belonging by Patricia Lees
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'These two children have been in our Home in Townsville for more than two years, and in view of their very dark colouring, have not been assimilated into the white race. Every effort has been made to place them in a foster home without success because of their colour.' Queensland State Children's Depart ...Show more
Writing in the Sand by Matt Garrick
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Words are easy, words are cheap / Much cheaper than our priceless land / But promises can disappear / Just like writing in the sand -- From Yothu Yindi's 1992 ARIA Song of the Year, 'Treaty' Sometimes a musical revolution can explode from the most unlikely of places. Long before they were ARIA Hall of F ...Show more
The Boy from Boomerang Crescent by Eddie Betts
$49.99 AUD
Category: Sport and Fitness
It’s a long, hard road from the Nullarbor to the MCG. How does a self-described ‘skinny Aboriginal kid’ overcome a legacy of family tragedy to become an AFL legend? One thing’s for sure: it’s not easy. But then, there’s always been something special about Eddie Betts. Betts grew up in Port Lincoln and K ...Show more
The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'A magnificent and devastating work of art. There is a raging anger here, and a deep sorrow, but at the core Haydar gives us truths about love. This is one of the most important books I've ever read.' Bri Lee'I am from a family of strong women.'Amani Haydar suffered the unimaginable when she lost her mo ...Show more
Simply Ing by Helen Ing Nellie; Margaret O'Brien (As told by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Born Ellie Nellie on an Aboriginal reserve in Western Australias south west, she was nicknamed Ing by her family. Removed from her loving parents under government policy at the age of five, Ing was placed in a mission and denied her heritage. Her name was changed to Helen, and she needed all her strengt ...Show more
Living in Hope by Frank Byrne; Frances Coughlan; Gerard Waterford
$15.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Book one in the Inland Writers-short reads from the Centre of Australia. The killing times were barely over in the Kimberley. What I knew, even as a small boy, was that no-one argued with a whitefella. People talked in whispers. I was still so small. This is the story of the early years of my life. The ...Show more
Clever Man: The Life of Paddy Compass Namadbara by Ian White (Compiled by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Clever Man: The Life of Paddy Compass Namadbara offers a unique perspective on the life and making of this Western Arnhem clever man or marrkidjbu.Born at the end of the 19th Century when the Western world had scarcely touched Arnhem Land, Paddy Compass Namadbara acted as a healer for his countrymen and ...Show more
My Place by Sally Morgan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
My Place begins with Sally Morgan tracing the experiences of her own life, growing up in suburban Perth in the fifties and sixties. Through the memories and images of her childhood and adolescence, vague hints and echoes begin to emerge, hidden knowledge is uncovered, and a fascinating story unfolds - a ...Show more
Patty Mills Beyond Basketball by Boti Nagy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sport and Fitness
Patty Mills is the first book exploring the Indigenous Australian athlete and trail blazer -- the first Indigenous Australian to win an NBA Championship in 2014 with the San Antonio Spurs. He continues to break records and inspire with his achievements, all of which are covered in this tribute to the ex ...Show more
The Wonder of Little Things by Vince Copley, Lea McInerney
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
'Welcome to my story. It's a simple story of a simple person, who's lived a long life now with some struggles along the way. I didn't learn a lot in school, not in the classroom, anyway. But I learned a lot from life.' Vince Copley was born on a government mission into poverty in 1936. By the time he w ...Show more
Alice's Daughter: Lost Mission Child by Jacki Ferro; Rhonda Collard-Spratt
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'My story is not about blame. It's about sharing history that belongs to all of Australia. I needed a push, but I am happy to finally give little Rhonda a voice, so that my words will live on after I leave this world.' In 1954, aged three, Rhonda Collard-Spratt was taken from her Aboriginal family and p ...Show more