Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, During the Years, 1837-39 by George Grey
$72.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania Ser.
Educated at Sandhurst, Sir George Grey (1812-98) became Governor of South Australia when he was not yet thirty. Later he served as Governor of New Zealand and High Commissioner for South Africa, and in the 1870s he enjoyed a period as Premier of New Zealand. Although he liked to portray himself as 'good ...Show more
The Cherry Picker's Daughter by Aunty Kerry Reed-Gilbert
$24.95 AUD
Category: Biography
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 and ing ...Show more
Kalyakoorl, Ngalak Warangka: Forever, we sing by Williams, Gina and Ghouse, Guy
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art
Kalyakoorl, ngalak warangka, (Forever, we sing), is a celebration of rare Noongar language, and the things we share as community. Over many years, Noongar language has been reduced to a whisper, there are currently less than 400 fluent speakers.The collection of songs in this book represent the first tw ...Show more
Girl from the Great Sandy Desert by Jukuna Mona Chuguna
$16.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Age range 8-12 The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert is the charming account of the life of Mana, a young Walmajarri girl, and her family, in the desert country of north-west Australia. Simultaneously delightful tales of children growing up and a social and cultural history of a way of life, Mona Chuguna ...Show more
Remembered By Heart: An Anthology Of Indigenous Writing by Sally Morgan
$17.99 AUD
Category: History
A collection of powerful, true stories of Aboriginal life This anthology brings together 15 memoirs of growing up Aboriginal in Australia and includes works from Kim Scott, Australia's first indigenous Miles Franklin winner; bestselling author Sally Morgan; and the critically acclaimed artist, author, ...Show more
The Dystopia in the Desert : The Silent Culture of Australia's Remotest Aboriginal Communities by Tadhgh Purtill
$44.00 AUD
Category: History
The Ngaanyatjarra Lands, deep in Western Australia, are home to the country¿s most remote Aboriginal communities. Beset by social problems, the communities and their residents are detached from mainstream Australia by factors of distance and culture. But the Ngaanyatjarra region remains obscure for othe ...Show more
Australia Day by Stan Grant
$34.99 AUD
Category: General
Australia is poised at a critical moment of its history - but the time to act is now. Since publishing Talking to My Country in early 2016, Stan Grant has been crossing the country, talking to huge crowds everywhere about how racism is at the heart of our history and the Australian dream. But Stan knows ...Show more
The Bunyip and the Stars by Adam Duncan
$26.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
Age range 0 to 6 On a starless night Little Brother leaves the safety of the campfire and is captured by the fearsome bunyip. Big Sister will need everything she has learnt about the bush and her Country to rescue Little Brother and escape the bunyip. Part Sky Country creation story, part exciting adve ...Show more
Yira Boornak Nyininy (Noongar & English) by Kim Scott, Hazel Brown
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children | Series: Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project
Left stranded in a tree by his wife, a Noongar man has to rely on his Wadjela friend to help him back down. Yira Boornak Nyininy is a story of forgiveness and friendship. This story comes from the wise and ancient language of the First People of the Western Australian south coast, the Noongar people. In ...Show more
I-Tjuma - Ngaanyatjarra Stories from the Western Desert of Central Australia by Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis (Editor); Inge Kral (Editor); Jennifer Green (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art
Between 2012 and 2019 Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis, Inge Kral and Jennifer Green worked together to make an enduring record of endangered verbal arts in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands communities of Western Australia. They filmed traditional Ngaanyatjarra tjinytjatjunku or mirlpa (telling stories while drawing in ...Show more
A Cautious Silence: The Politics of Australian Anthropology by Geoffrey Gray
$39.95 AUD
Category: General
Provides an exploration of modern Australian social anthropology which examines the forces that helped shaped its formation. This title reveals the struggle to establish and consolidate anthropology in Australia as an academic discipline.