Little Bird's Day by Sally Morgan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous
A simple, universal story of a day in the life of Little Bird as she sings the world alive, flies with Cloud, travels with Wind, nestles with Moon and dreams of flying among the stars. Sally’s beautiful words and Johnny’s sensitive artwork combine to make this a beautiful, distinctive publication with g ...Show more
Bidhi Galing: Big Rain by Anita Heiss
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous
Powerful and moving, Bidhi Galing (Big Rain) celebrates the Wiradyuri heroes of the Great Flood of Gundagai in 1852, told through the eyes of a young girl who is rescued from the raging floodwaters by her father. Wagadhaany grew up near the Marrambidya Bila. She loved dancing in the rain and listening ...Show more
Dark Tales from the Long River: A Bloody History of Australia's North-West Frontier by David Price
$32.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous
From searches for serial killers and missing persons to the persecution of migrants and Aboriginal people, David Price takes us back to a time when the line between lawmakers and criminals was lightly drawn. Based on a wide array of contemporaneous accounts of life in the Gascoyne, these sometimes shock ...Show more
Gurril: Storm Bird by Trevor Fourmile
$27.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous
Age range 4+Based on a traditional story from the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji First Nations people of Cairns, it has been told by many generations.Gurril could not understand why everyone was afraid of a snake, even if it was Gudju-gudju, the rainbow serpent! But he was soon to discover just how powerful Gud ...Show more
Aboriginal Stories Of Australia by Reed A W
$26.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous
A wealth of poetic and imaginative tales from Aboriginal cultural heritage.Aboriginal Stories presents a collection of myths and legends gathered from various sources, representing the rich and diverse tapestry of beliefs of Aboriginal people throughout Australia. Tales range from creation myths and leg ...Show more
Aboriginal Myths - Tales of Dreamtime by Reed A W
$22.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous | Series: Aboriginal Library
A collection of stories exploring dreamtime myths through ancient images, such as the Rainbow Snake, the discovery of fire, and the first man and woman. Divided into three sections, The Great Father, Totemic Ancestors and Creation Myths, it seeks to provide an insight into Aboriginal culture.
Aboriginal Stories of Australia by Reed A W
$22.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous | Series: Aboriginal Library Ser.
A collection of traditional Aboriginal tales, myths and legends. Learn how Yhi the sun goddess introduced life to the world, why the emu cannot fly and how the kangaroo got its tail. This new edition includes a glossary, giving the English translation for many Aboriginal words used in the text.
Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories): Narratives of Rock Art from Yanyuwa Country in Northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria by Liam M. Brady, John Bradley, Amanda Kearney
$50.00 AUD
Category: Indigenous | Series: Advances in Australasian Archaeology Ser.
"...ngabaya painted all this, you know when we were kids we would come here and look and sometimes the paintings would change, they were always changing." Annie a-Karrakayny Fully illustrated, Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories) draws on a combined 70+ years of collaborative research involving Yanyuwa Elde ...Show more
Australia's Original Languages: An introduction by R. M. W. Dixon
$32.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous | Series: An Introduction
An introduction to the languages of Aboriginal Australia that explains their distinctive features accessibly for readers who have no previous experience with learning another language, and shows how language reflects traditional culture. 'A must read for all who would like to understand the languages a ...Show more
'Me Write Myself' - The Free Aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land at Wybalenna, 1832-47 by Leonie Stevens
$29.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous | Series: Australian History Ser.
Exiles, lost souls, remnants of a dying race ... The fate of the First Nations peoples of Van Diemen's Land is one of the most infamous chapters in Australian, and world, history. The men, women and children exiled to Flinders Island in the 1830s and 40s have often been written about, but never allowed ...Show more
Fatal Contact - How Epidemics Nearly Wiped Out Australia's First Peoples by Peter Dowling
$34.95 AUD
Category: Indigenous | Series: Australian History Ser.
Fatal Contact explores the devastating infectious diseases introduced into the Indigenous populations of Australia after the arrival of the British colonists in 1788. Epidemics of smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, measles and sexually transmitted diseases swept through the Indigenous populations of the ...Show more
Luurnpa, The Magical Kingfisher by Christine Nicholls (editor), Bai Bai Napangarti
$16.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous | Series: Dreaming Narrative Ser.
This is a traditional Dreaming narrative, belonging to Bai Bai Napangarti from the Balgo Hills region of Western Australia. It tells the story of Luurnpa, who saves the Kukatja people from dying of thirst by showing them his magic rock hole full of water.