INDIGENOUS STUDIES
THE OLD SONGS ARE ALWAYS NEW - SINGING TRADITIONS OF THE TIWI ISLANDS
Approximately 1300 ethnographic field recordings of Tiwi songs, made between 1912 and 1981, are archived at the Australian Institute of Aborigin...
View full detailsTHE ORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS: THE STORY OF THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
The Original Australians tells the story of Australian Aboriginal history and society from its distant beginnings to the present day. From the wisd...
View full detailsTHE OTHER SIDE OF THE FRONTIER: ABORIGINAL RESISTANCE TO THE EUROPEAN INVASION OF AUSTRALIA
The publication of this book in 1981 profoundly changed the way in which we understand the history of relations between indigenous Australians an...
View full detailsTHE OUTSIDERS WITHIN: TELLING AUSTRALIA'S INDIGENOUS-ASIAN STORY
Original work that tells a story about cross-cultural encounters that will be a revelation to many readers. It shows how the connections between Ab...
View full detailsTHE POLITICS OF IDENTITY: WHO COUNTS AS ABORIGINAL TODAY
In this award-winning work Carlson explores the complexities surrounding Aboriginal identity today. Drawing on a range of historical and research...
View full detailsTHE POSTCOLONIAL EYE WHITE AUSTRALIAN DESIRE AND THE VISUAL FIELD OF RACE
The Postcolonial Eye is about the 'eye' and the 'I' in the contemporary Australian scene of race, specifically the subjectivity of vision and the t...
View full detailsTHE WELCOME TO COUNTRY HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA
The definitive book that introduces readers from all backgrounds to First Nations histories and cultures. The Welcome to Country Handbook by Profe...
View full detailsTIWI STORY - TURNING HISTORY DOWNSIDE UP
Tiwi Story is a powerful collection of pieces written by Tiwi people about their experiences of colonisation. Their recounts are an important tel...
View full detailsTOO MUCH LIP: FROM THE WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD
The unforgettable winner of the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award.Too much lip, her old problem from way back. And the older she got, the harder i...
View full detailsTRADITIONAL HEALERS OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA NGANGKARI
Traditional Healers of the Central Desert contains unique stories and imagery and primary source material: the ngangkari speak directly to the read...
View full detailsTRAPPED IN THE GAP: DOING GOOD IN INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA
In Australia, a "tribe" of white, middle-class, progressive professionals is actively working to improve the lives of Indigenous people. This book ...
View full detailsTRAUMA TRAILS: RECREATING SONG LINES
Providing a startling answer to the questions of how to solve the problems of generational trauma, Trauma Trails moves beyond the rhetoric of victi...
View full detailsTREADING LIGHTLY
The Hidden Wisdom of the World's Oldest People We are consuming more than our earth can provide. In Australia, cities and towns struggle to maintai...
View full detailsTREATY AND STATEHOOD : ABORIGINAL SELF-DETERMINATION
If governments of Australia agreed to share power with Aboriginal people, what would the result be? And if Australia was to have a settlement or a ...
View full detailsTROUBLE: ON TRIAL IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
Violence, often fatal, is at the heart of these stories, yet go into any courthouse and you will find examples of the same. If they demand attentio...
View full detailsTRUE TRACKS: RESPECTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE
*Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2022: Indigenous Writers' Prize, presented biennially* Indigenous cultures are not terra nullius...
View full detailsTRUGANINI JOURNEY THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE
Cassandra Pybus's ancestors told a story of an old Aboriginal woman who would wander across their farm on Bruny Island, in south-east Tasmania, in ...
View full detailsTRUTH-TELLING- HISTORY, SOVEREIGNTY AND THE ULURU STATEMENT
*Shortlisted for Non-Fiction Book Award in the EPAA awards* *Shortlisted for the2021 Queensland Literary Awards:Non-Fiction Book Award* If we are t...
View full detailsUNMAKING ANGAS DOWNS
A new work of history that seeks to unmake mythologies of pioneers, pastoralism and possession in the Northern Territory Some stories dominate ...
View full detailsWANDERING WITH INTENT ESSAYS
To essay means to try, to endeavour, to attempt - and to risk failure. For Kim Mahood, it is both a form of writing and an approach to life. ...
View full detailsWANGURRI YOLNGU LANGUAGE AND CULTURE REFERENCE BOOK
Yolgnu Languages and Culture Reference Book Wangurri
WARRIOR: A LEGENDARY LEADER'S DRAMATIC LIFE AND VIOLENT DEATH ON THE COLONIAL FRONTIER
In the 1840s, white settlement in the north was under attack. European settlers were in awe of Aboriginal physical fitness and fighting prowess, an...
View full detailsWE COME WITH THIS PLACE
A deeply personal, profound tribute to family and the Gudanji Country to which Debra Dank belongs. We Come with This Place is a remarkable book, a...
View full detailsWELCOME TO MY COUNTRY
Laklak Burarrwanga and family invite you to their Country, centred on a beautiful beach in Arnhem Land. Its crystal waters are full of fish, turtle...
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