Seafaring: Canoeing Ancient Songlines by Victor Briggs
Category: First Nations Voices
'For various reasons, this story cannot be proven. But that does not matter to me because in my Aboriginal way of being and knowing, stories like my uncle’s do not need modern scientific proof to have validity — the role of story in Indigenous community is key to all aspects of our Culture.'A long time ...Show more
Talkin' up to the White Woman - Indigenous Women and Feminism (20th Anniversary Edition) by Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Category: First Nations Voices
In this ground-breaking and timeless book, Distinguished Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson undertakes a compelling analysis of the whiteness of Australian feminism and its effect on Indigenous women. As a Goenpul woman and an academic, she operationalises an Indigenous women's standpoint as she 'talks ...Show more
Australia's Outback: Photographs from the Australian Geographic Image Collection by Australian Geographic
Category: Australian Culture | Series: Australian Geograph Ser.
There's no signpost or map reference, nor any border to cross - even though it covers several million square kilometres. In the end, the genius of The Outback is that you can't pin it down. To get there you have to head inland and keep travelling. You'll recognise it when it happens, but before you do, ...Show more
100 Tales from Australia's Most Haunted Places by Ben Pobjie
Category: Australian Culture
From the ghostly black horse of Sutton Forest to the butcher of Adelaide Street, a haunted Brisbane lift to the chilling experiments carried out by Doctor Blood of the North Kapunda Hotel, Australia abounds in spooky stories that are all unnervingly based in fact and tied to real places to visit or avoi ...Show more
Too Much Lip: Winner of the Miles Franklin Award by Melissa Lucashenko
Category: First Nations Voices
The darkly funny, unforgettable winner of the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary AwardToo much lip, her old problem from way back. And the older she got, the harder it seemed to get to swallow her opinions. The avalanche of bullshit in the world would drown her if she let it; the least she could do was raise ...Show more
Always Was, Always Will Be: The Campaign for Justice and Recognition Continues by Thomas Mayo
Category: First Nations Voices
In Always Was, Always Will Be, bestselling author Thomas Mayo investigates ‘what's next?’ for reconciliation and justice in Australia after the failed October 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum. Since the referendum, supporters and volunteers have been asking for guidance as to how to continue to sup ...Show more
Our Country: A Pictorial Journey Through Australia by AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC
Category: Australian Culture
Is there anything more vivid than the Australian landscape? A canvas rich in colour, burnished by intense light and spectacularly varied. Its landscapes both intimate and expansive, and if we train our attention, we see it is full of secret life. Our Country is a work of imagination, grounded in the mos ...Show more
Our Voices From The Heart: The authorised story of the community campaign that changed Australia by Patricia Anderson AO, Professor Megan Davis
Category: First Nations Voices
A behind-the-scenes book about the Uluru Statement From The Heart, from the co-chairs of the Uluru Dialogue, Professor Megan Davis and Patricia Anderson, AO. The Australian story began long before the arrival of the First Fleet.We Australians all know this. We have always known this.Australia finds itse ...Show more
Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking by Tyson Yunkaporta
Category: First Nations Voices
SAND TALK, Tyson Yunkaporta's bestselling debut, cast an Indigenous lens on contemporary society. It was, said Melissa Lucashenko, 'an extraordinary invitation into the world of the Dreaming'. RIGHT STORY, WRONG STORY extends Yunkaporta's explorations of how we can learn from Indigenous thinking. Along ...Show more
Black Witness: The Power of Indigenous Media by Amy McQuire
Category: First Nations Voices
From one of this country's leading Indigenous journalists comes a collection of fierce and powerful essays proving why the media need to believe Black witnesses and showcasing ways that journalism can be used to hold the powerful to account and make the world a more equitable place.Amy McQuire has been ...Show more