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Blood (First Nations Classics) by Tony Birch
Category: First Nations Voices | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Blood is a coming-of-age story set on the back roads of Australia.Jesse has sworn to protect his sister, Rachel, no matter what. It's a promise that cannot be broken. A promise made in blood. But, when it comes down to life or death, how can he find the ...Show more
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence: First Nations Classics by Doris (Nugi Garimara) Pilkington
Category: First Nations Voices | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
A Stolen Generations story of astounding courage- three Aboriginal girls, taken from their mothers, escape barefoot back to their beloved homeland in East Pilbara.This is the true account of Nugi Garimara's mother, Molly, made legendary by the film Rabbit-Proof Fence. In 1931 Molly led her two sisters o ...Show more
Heat and Light: First Nations Classics by Ellen van Neerven, Alison Whittaker
Category: First Nations Voices | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Ellen van Neerven's award-winning collection of stories was inspired by the elements, and is exceptionally imaginative and varied.In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven leads readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real. Over three parts, van Neerven takes tr ...Show more
Holocaust Island: First Nations Classics by Graeme Dixon, Ali Cobby Eckermann
Category: First Nations Voices | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Written when the author was in prison, this collection remains a poignant historical plea for Aboriginal justice - from Black deaths in custody to Land Rights - and bears witness to contemporary Indigenous issues.Holocaust Island was the inaugural winner of the David Unaipon Award in 1989. Graeme Dixon' ...Show more
Me, Antman & Fleabag: First Nations Classics by Gayle Kennedy, Jared Thomas
Category: Fiction | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Take one woman, her partner Antman and their dog Fleabag, pack up the car, turn up the country music and you've got one spirited road trip makin' room for all the good things in life, like family, laughin', travellin' and, best of all, love.Winner of the 2006 David Unaipon Award, Me, Antman & Fleaba ...Show more
Purple Threads: First Nations Classics by Jeanine Leane, Evelyn Araluen
Category: First Nations Voices | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Winner of the David Unaipon Award, an engaging, moving and often funny yarn about growing up in the home of two Aunties running a sheep farm in rural Gundagai.Growing up in the shifting landscape of Gundagai with her Nan and Aunties, Sunny spends her days playing on the hills near their farmhouse and he ...Show more
The Window Seat: First Nations Classics by Archie Weller, Ernie Dingo
Category: First Nations Voices | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Runner-up for the inaugural Vogel Award in 1980, Archie Weller is a master storyteller. In these short stories, take a seat and rethink what it means to be Australian.Since Archie Weller was runner-up for the first Vogel Award in 1980 for his novel The Day of the Dog, he has become an important voice in ...Show more
Unbranded: First Nations Classics by Herb Wharton, Kev Carmody
Category: First Nations Voices | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Written by the legendary Queensland drover Herb Wharton, this is a striking vision of outback Australia- the friendship story of three stockmen working on mulga country in the far west.Herb Wharton, former drover, now celebrated author, unleashes a strikingly original vision of outback Australia- from t ...Show more
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