Young Dark Emu: A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe
$29.99 AUD
Category: First Nations
Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers. Using the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, Bruce Pascoe compellingly argues for a reconsiderati ...Show more
Aboriginal Fables and Legendary Tales by A. W. Reed
$22.99 AUD
Category: First Nations | Series: Aboriginal Library Ser.
How did snakes become poisonous? Why are there black swans only in Australia? Learn a bout the powerful Rainbow Snake, red and black flying foxes, the Eagle-hawk and the Medicine-man in these incredible tales of the Dramtime. So much of traditional Aboriginal storytelling teaches us about the animal wor ...Show more
Aboriginal Place Names by Reed A W
$22.99 AUD
Category: First Nations | Series: Aboriginal library
A comprehensive collection of Aboriginal names from all over Australia, and their derivations. Thousands of place names are listed, each followed by the state it is found in and its meaning. There is also a dictionary that gives the Aboriginal translations for common English words.
Nganga: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Words and Phrases by Aunty Fay Muir, Sue Lawson
$18.99 AUD
Category: First Nations
Nganga (ng gar na): To see and understand. Aunty, Uncle, sorry business, deadly, women’s business, marngrook, dreamtime, Elders, songlines. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander words have become part of our everyday vocabulary but we may not know their true meaning or where the words come from. In Ngan ...Show more
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss
$32.99 AUD
Category: First Nations | Series: Growing Up
Childhood stories of family, country and belonging What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question. Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile ...Show more
The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey
$16.99 AUD
Category: First Nations | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
A timeless classic from the Dreamtime. there are innumerable names and stories associated with the Rainbow Serpent, all of which communicate the significance of this being within Aboriginal traditions. Dreamtime stories tell how the Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, m ...Show more
Dreaming in the Urban Areas: First Nations Classics by Lisa Bellear, Kirli Saunders
$19.99 AUD
Category: First Nations | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Lisa Bellear's poetry moves sharply between street-smart portrayals of poverty and dispossession, and the complexity of Black love, identity and experience. She reaches into the unspeakable parts of a colonial past in order to unpick the ongoing repercussions of Australia's invasion and history.Written ...Show more
Words to Sing the World Alive: Celebrating First Nations Languages by Jasmin McGaughey
$34.99 AUD
Category: First Nations
An exquisite celebration of First Nations languages from a selection of Australia's finest Indigenous writers, all wrapped up in a handsome hardback that's perfect for Christmas gift giving. Words to Sing the World Alive celebrates First Nations languages from across the continent. Forty First Nation wr ...Show more
Giinagay Juluum, Hello Mountains (HB) by Melissa Greenwood
$24.99 AUD
Category: First Nations
A wondrous walkabout through the mountains from Gumbaynggirr artist Melissa Greenwood, the creator of the heart-stirring picture books Miimi Marraal, Mother Earth, My Little Barlaagany, Giinagay Gaagal, Hello Ocean and Miimi and Buwaarr, Mother and Baby. The juluum (mountain) watches over us as we walk ...Show more
My People by BILLIE-JEAN TAYLOR
$27.95 AUD
Category: First Nations
Shaylah is five and she has a big, beautiful family. There are naughty little brothers and lots and lots of cousins. Shaylah wants you to meet her people. Who are your people?
Nedingar: Ancestors by Isobel Bevis
$24.99 AUD
Category: First Nations
This lyrical, dual language picture book from two debut First Nations creators celebrates the beauty of Country and family.'Please Mum, I want to meet my ancestors, I want to learn from them so I know who I am.'Inspired by traditional Indigenous teachings, every family will relate to this beautiful bili ...Show more
Aboriginal Victorians: A history since 1800 by Richard Broome
$39.99 AUD
Category: First Nations
The story of how Victoria's First Nations people survived near decimation to become a vibrant community today. This second edition has been fully updated, and covers the Yoorrook Justice Commission and treaty negotiations. Early Europeans saw Victoria and its rolling grasslands as Australia felix-happy ...Show more