17 Years wandering Among the Aboriginals
by James Morrill, 1864
The extraordinary account of James Morrill, shipwrecked on a reef, life boats lost, and floating 42 days on a raft made from the ship's mast. A harrowing tale of how 7 of the 21 crew and passengers endured the raft journey to land, and Morrill became the sole survivor, living with the Australian Aborigines for 17 years. ISBN: 097750350X $24.95 Paperback
A Beginner's Guide to Australian Aboriginal Words
by R. Lewis
A first step to cross-cultural understanding. ISBN: 0957853041 $5.50 Paperback
Aboriginal Australians First Nations of an Ancient Continent
by Stephen Mueck and Adam Shoemaker
Here is a lively, vibrantly illustrated social and cultural history of the Aboriginal Australians, from their origins to the present day. The book explores the spiritual beliefs and Dreamings of the Indigenous people, their complex social structures and relationship with the land, and their struggle to survive the trials of colonization and forced assimilation. It also looks in depth at their massive cultural renaissance over the past four decades, with comprehensive coverage of the way in which Aboriginal art and literature have become flagships for Australian culture. ISBN: 050030114X $16.95 Paperback
Aboriginal Australia Wall Map
Sizes: 120cm x 85cm / 85cm x 60cm (Folded, Flat or Laminated)
by Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
This map presents work carried out for the Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia between 1988 and 1994. Using the published resources available at that time, the map attempts to represent all the language or tribal or nation groups of the Indigenous people of Australia. Large Folded or Flat: $24.95 Large Laminated: $45.00 Small Folded or Flat: $14.95 Small Laminated: $29.95 Paperback
Aboriginal Heroes of the Resistance From Pemulwuy to Mabo
by Paul W. Newbury
Every culture has its heroes. The test of a nation is to embrace all its heroes. Aboriginal freedom-fighters from Pemulwuy and Jandamurra through to Eddie Mabo and many other less acknowledged figures, have made a significant and lasting contribution to the emergence of our nationhood and to the dialectic of reconciliation. Yet their lives and struggles have largely been denied or ignored by white Australia. Through a series of review essays, this powerful, thought-provoking book explodes the myth of minimal resistance to white invasion and domination. It goes a long way to restoring these Aboriginal heroes to their rightful place in our national consciousness and to the recovery of Aboriginal history. ISBN: 0959375376 $24.95 Paperback
Aboriginals of Australia
by Douglas Baglin & Barbara Mullins
A record of their fast-vanishing traditional way of life and illustrated with over ninety colour photographs. ISBN: 1876622075 $10.95 Paperback
An Introduction to Aboriginal Societies (2nd Edition)
by W. H. Edwards
The first edition of this book, published in 1988, has been widely used as a text book in universities and schools throughout Australia and overseas as well as by general readers who have sought to gain some understanding of Aboriginal cultures. In this substantial revision the opening chapter on archaeology has take account of research which has been undertaken since 1988. Some details have been added and references updated in the chapters on religion, economics, social Organisation, politics, language and art. The previous final chapter on change has been replaced by two chapters which provide an overview of contact history in Australia from the period of colonisation to the present. ISBN: 1876633891 $45.00 Paperback
An Introduction to the Dreamtime
by R. Lewis
Australian Aboriginal mysticism explained and explored. ISBN: 0957853025 $5.50 Paperback
Archaeology of the Dreamtime
by Josephine Flood
The story of prehistoric Australia and its people. Josephine Flood draws a fascinating and absorbing picture of prehistoric Australia, of a dynamic and highly adaptable people whose art, religion and social organisation were complex, whose trading networks covered vast distances, and whose ingenuity and technological skills enabled them to survive in one of the most inhospitable continents in the world. ISBN: 1876622504 $24.95 Paperback
Australian Aboriginal Didgeridoo: A Comprehensive Introduction, The
by Phillip Jackson
The prupose of this booklet is twofold. Firstly, my aim is to teach you the fundamentals of didgeridoo playing-circular brething and its application to the instrument. Secondly, through the course of thias booklet, I hope to engender in you a deeper understanding of the extraordinarily unique culture which this insturment has become a symbol for....Philip Jackson ISBN: NO ISBN $5.50 Paperback
Australian Aboriginal Stone Implements
by F. D. McCarthy
A comprehensive reference book with many illustrations and phototographs including bones, shells and tooth implements. ISBN: NO ISBN $18.95 Paperback
Australian Dreaming 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History
compiled and edited by Jennifer Isaacs
Many collections of Aboriginal legends have been published in the past. This book is different. It presents the Aboriginal people's own account of their history and gives their explanation for the formation of the landscape, their own origins and the origin of their way of life. Selections have been made from translations of traditional mythology and song-poetry, combined with contemporary Aboriginal stories and commentaries. Individual styles of prose obviously vary, and these have been retained. ISBN: 1741102588 $49.95 Hardback
Australia Walkabout
by Ian Crawshaw & Catriona Purcell
Travel experiences in Aboriginal Australia & Torres Strait Islands. 3rd edition of Australia's award winning Guidebook dedicated to Indigenous Owned & Operated Tourism ISBN: 9780975730522 $21.95 Paperback
Bayagul
by Steve Miller
Bayagul means 'speaking up' in the Eora language of the Sydney-area and this book - based on the Powerhouse Museum exhibition of the same name - looks at the ways in which Indigenous Australians are speaking up for themselves in key industries such as film, tourism, fashion, the media and the performing arts. Bayagul reveals what motivates and inspires a range of talented Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the variety and vitality of their work. ISBN: 1863170936 $24.95 Paperback
Between Two Worlds
By Rowena MacDonald, Australian Archives
Earlier this century, thousands of Aboriginal children were taken away from their families and placed in institutions. This book looks at two Northern Territory 'half-caste' institutions run by the Commonwealth: the Bungalow in Alice Springs and Kahlin Home in Darwin. Through oral histories, documents and photographs, this book traces the journey of these children. ISBN: 0949659878 $21.95 Paperback
Blood on the Wattle
by Bruce Elder
Massacres and maltreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788. Voted the 10th most influential work of Australain non-fiction of the 20th century by Sydney Morning Herald and the Age readers in the 'Spectrum Poll of the Century'. ISBN: 9781741100082 $29.95 Paperback
Boomerang Behind an Australian Icon
by Philip Jones
In this book, Philip Jones draws on the world's largest boomerang collection, housed at the South Australian Museum, to describe the boomerang's traditional uses and its more recent flight into western culture. There has rarely been such a stimulating and comprehensive survey of a traditional artefact. ISBN: 1862543828 $17.95 Paperback
Boomerang Information Book, The
by S. G. King
This book is designed to provide the reader with a general overview of the different types of Boomerangs and their relevant applications. It includes details on throwing techniques and associated hunting implements. ISBN: 0977511421 $5.50 Paperback
Born Under the Paperbark Tree
by Yidumduma Bill Harney
From the land of the Lightning Brothers, Yidumduma Bill Harney was born on Willaroo Station about 1936. Like most Aborigines at that time, he was born bush, under a paperbark tree. After a traditional upbringing he worked at many and various jobs, today he is a successful artist and tour operator sharing his knowledge and culture with all people. ISBN: 1876622032 $21.95 Paperback
Burrunguy - Nourlangie Rock
by George Chaloupka
Burrunguy, also called Nourlangie Rock, is probable the best known as well as one of the most important features of the Kakadu National Park, which comprises of the western edge and the surrounding lowlands of the vast Arnhem Land Plateau. This area is a unique part of Australia and indeed of the world. The World Heritage Committee meeting in Sydney in October 1981 accepted the Australian Government's nomination for its inclusion on the register of World Heritage. ISBN: 094969200X $16.95 Hardback
Bush Toys
by Claudia Haagen
Begun as a catalogue of the collections of the National Museum of Australia, this 'ensemble of texts' grew into a fascinating account of a little-known aspect of Australian social history, surveying material from collections all over Australia. Each section of text is accompanied by apposite quotes from a huge variety of written records from sites all over Australia. From spears, shields and throwing sticks to hockey, marbles and fireworks, this beautifully illustrated and cleverly structured book builds for the reader a composite picture of the lives of Aboriginal children in the past and in the present, and adds significantly to records of Aboriginal society then and now. ISBN: 9780977503513 $34.95 Paperback
Dark Sparklers
By Dr Hugh Cairns
Bill Yidumduma Harney is Senior Aboriginal Elder of the Wardaman community west of Katherine N.T. Stockman, land rights pioneer, story-teller par excellence and original painter, this custodian of sites as well as stories has always talked of the moon and stars On Top. In 1998 he asked Dr Hugh Cairns if he would write a book with him on his astronomy....... ISBN: 0975090801 $29.95 Paperback
Delusions of Grandeur
by Joan E. Eatock
Delusions of Grandeur is a sweeping portrait of an Aboriginal family's battle for survival during the Depression years in New South Wales. This is a true story told with warmth and humour... ISBN: 1864650540 $24.95 Paperback
Desert Dreaming
by Deirdre Stokes
Art is an essential part of Aboriginal culture, telling the stories of the Dreamtime and reflecting the close association between the people and their land. This book shows how the work of desert artists has adapted to an ever-changing world, but still keeps its links with the ancient traditions.
Didgeridoo: A Complete Guide to This Ancient Aboriginal Instrument
by John Bowden
"Didgeridoo: A Complete Guide….. Looks and reads like an excellent introduction to the instrument, its music and its culture, and its presentation speaks with the knowledge and skill of the proven and experienced teacher." Professor Noel Nikson - Dept. Music, University of Qld. ISBN: 0646225863 $24.95 Paperback
Didjeridu Dreaming
by Adrian Parker
The didjeridu is one of the most popular and dynamic instruments in the world. Its rich and vibrant sound mystifies and enchants those who hear it. The didjeridu is a source of inspiration, creativity, relaxation and meditation. The origins of the didjeridu can be traced back through time to ancient rock faces in Arnhem Land, where it was depicted in ochre paintings rendered by Aboriginal artists. Didjeridu Dreaming presents an informative overview of the manufacture, history, mythology and role of the didjeridu in Aboriginal society and includes simple lessons and exercises for those learning to play. ISBN: 1876622431 $9.95 Hardback
Donald Thompson in Arnhem Land
by Donald Thompson
Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land, the book that inspired Rolf de Heer's ground-breaking film Ten Canoes. 'Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land truly is a beautiful and fascinating book…this work is also an ethnographic treasure and offers an important contribution to Australian Aboriginal Studies.' AusAnthrop website ISBN: 052285205X $29.95 Paperback
Fighting for Survival - The Ngaanyatjarra of the Gibson Desert
by Liz Thompson
‘Ngaanyatjarra of the Gibson Desert’ was written with the co-operation of the Ngaanyatjarra people of Western Australia. The Ngaanyatjarra people have lived in the Warburton region for many thousands of years, maintaining a strong connection, both spiritual and physical, to the land and to each other. However, when the missionaries arrived in the Warburton region in 1933 to teach Christianity and other European values, the way of life for the Ngaanyatjarra changed for ever. ISBN: 1876622237 $5.50 Paperback
Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence
by Doris Pilkington\Nugi Garimara
This is the true account of Doris Pilkington Garimara's mother Molly, made legendary by the film "Rabbit Proof Fence". In 1931 Molly led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1,600 kilometre walk across remote Western Australia, Aged 8, 11, 14, they escaped the confinement of a government institution for Aboriginal children removed from their families. Barefoot, without provisions or maps, tracked by Native Police and search planes, the girls followed the rabbit proof fence, knowing it would lead them home. ISBN: 0702233552 $19.95 Hardback
From Digging Sticks to Writing Sticks Stories of Kija Women as told to Veronica Ryan
Translations by Eileen Bray and Mary Thomas
From Digging Sticks to Writing Sticks began to take shape in 1989 when senior women of the Warmun Community asked Sister Veronica to help them record their stories. This decision reflects the link the women made between sharing their narratives and their obligation to maintain and transmit their culture. The stories they chose to share have links with bot the Dreaming and with Christianity. Their accounts also focus on traditional life, contact with non-Aboriginal settlers, survival, the challenge of station life, the formation of the Warmun Community and the establishment of Ngalangangpum School. ISBN: 0949426091 $65.00 Paperback
Gagudju Man
by Bill Neidjie
Gagudju Man contains the words of Bill Neidjie, traditional owner of the Bunitj clan lands in the north of Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. One of the last speakers of the Gagudju language, and custodian of a wealth of traditional knowledge, Neidjie describes a culture that depends for its very survival on a deep level of knowledge and respect for the environment. This book is a passionate plea to preserve the natural ecosystems of his own country through the ability to feel the messages of the land and understand how interdependent we are with our environment. These messages are from a man in his eighties who well remembers the way of life before western man brought completely different environmental values to his country. The beautiful photographs capture the magnificence of his land in Kakadu. Gagudju Man has an important place in the history and philosophy of Australia today. ISBN: 1876622385 $24.95 Hardback
In the Name of the Law
by Amanda Nettlebeck & Robert Foster
This subtle but shocking work penetrates to Australia's heart of darkness, illuminating a culture of terror in which a white man's murderous violence was the law of the land, acknowledged at one moment only to be forgotten at another in the writing of the nation's history. ISBN: 9781862547483 $29.95 Paperback
I, The Aboriginal
As told by Doulas Lockwood
My name is Waipuldanya, or Wadjiri-Wadjiri. I'm a full blood Aboriginal of the Alawa tribe of the Roper River in the Northern Territory.' In his youth, Waipuldanya was taught to track and hunt wild animals, to live off the land, to provide for his family with the aid only of his spears and woomeras. This is the gripping story of his boyhood and youth, and how he trained as a skilled medical assistant, to become a citizen of both the Aboriginal and whitefella worlds. ISBN: 186302526X $19.95 Paperback
Journeylines
by Margo Stanislawska-Birnberg
For most of her life Margo spends many months in the desert regions of Australia. To her, these are the places where she finds inspiration and the essence of her life. The result of this 'love affair' with the desert has been the production of three documentary films, articles for magazines and now books of poetry. 'Journeylines' - her latest book of poetry is beautifully illustrated with colour photographs, an adventure into the secrets of the desert and the world of the Aboriginal Artist. ISBN: 1876622113 $11.95 Hardback
Kakadu: Looking After the Country – the Gagudju Way
by Stanley Breeden & Belinda Wright
Explore this remarkable land through the eyes of its traditional owners. From the Dreamtime to the present-day, the book reveals how the Gagudju exist in harmony with the seasons and the land: floodplains and billabongs, escarpment and plateau, woodlands and forests. Four tribal elders explain how they maintain links with the Dreamtime, how they look after the country and pass on traditions to the next generation. ISBN: 0731802268 $29.95 Paperback
Koorie Plants Koorie People
by Nelly Zola and Beth Gott
Traditional Aboriginal food, fibre and healing plants of Victoria. Over 900 plants have been recorded as having been used by Aboriginal people in Victoria alone. Many of these were food plants, gathered as part of the rich and varied diet Aborigines enjoyed in south-eastern Australia before colonisation. As well as food, Aborigines used plants to make weapons, canoes, nets and baskets. In Victoria's forests they knew where to find vines which cured headaches or reduced fever. This book takes a fascinating journey through the human history of Victoria's native plants. It contains over 150 colour photographs of plants traditionally important to the Aboriginal people who managed the natural resources of this abundant region for thousands of years. ISBN: 1875606106 $24.95 Hardback
Learner's Guide to Eastern and Central Arrernte
revised edition Jenny Green This learner's guide is an excellent introduction to Arrernte. It explains the structure of the language without using linguistic jargon. Special features include sections on kinship, useful words and phrases, and a guide to pronunciation and spelling. ISBN: 1875606106 $26.95 Paperback
Learning the Didgeridoo
by Chris Adnam
A very clear teaching technique combined with computer animated guidelines makes learning the didgeridoo easy and fun. Chris introduces an eight part technique which has become a world benchmark in teaching contemporary didgeridoo. His training in Arnhem Land, sharing musical experience with the Yolgnu people has lead to this outstanding production, which is highly regarded in Australia and internationally. ISBN: $29.95 DVD
Lizard Eaters, The
by Douglas Lockwood
The Lizard Eaters tells the story of a journey of discovery, which began in 1957 with the finding of the Pintubi people. In 1963 Douglas Lockwood a correspondent with the Melbourne Herald tells this fascinating story and describes the thrill he felt on meeting Aborigines who had never before set eyes on a white face…. and the profound respect he developed for these human beings who had lived in unbelievably harsh conditions for thousands of years. ISBN: 1863026444 $19.95 Paperback
Making Fire
by Stephen Blake and David M. Welch
An essential survival guide. Making fire is a basic survival skill, a way of attracting attention if one is lost alone in remote bushland. Shown here without using modern tools, it is possible to use crude pieces of rock to fashion fire sticks and from these, to make fire. ISBN: 0855752459 $29.95 Paperback
Meralte the Boat
by Janis Koolmaterie and Graham Jenkins Illustrations by Joedie Davis
Meralte: the boat is a beautifully crafted story, set 10,000 years ago. It is a story able to be understood and appreciated by children and adults over a wide range of ages. ISBN: 1876622466 $6.95 Paperback
Moth Hunters of the Australian Capital Territory
by Josephine Flood
This booklet gives a short description of traditional Aboriginal life in the south-eastern highlands or southern uplands of Australia. It is a revised version of a short account of Aborigines of the Australian Capital Territory commissioned in the 1980's by the then Department of Aboriginal Affairs. Moth Hunters of the Australian Capital Territory takes the reader on a fascination guided tour to a vanished way of life and allows us to see our surroundings through new eyes. ISBN: 0646306545 $14.95 Paperback
Ngangkari Work - Anangu Way (Traditional Healers of Central Australia)
enquires to Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunjyjatjara Women's Council Aboriginal Corporation
Anangu (Indigenous people of the Central and Western Deserts) call our own healers 'ngangkari'. We have had ngangkari in our culture for untold ages. Ngangkari are everywhere, and we are men, we are women, and we are children. The knowledge of what we do remains with us. Nobody else can do what Ngangkari do except Anangu who have been given this sacred skill and power. Remember that. Many of us ngangkari have been speaking out for this book. We want all the doctors, nurses and specialists who come to work on the Aboriginal lands to read our book. We are hoping that when they do, they'll be made so much more aware of our work and how it fits in with people's lives. We are hoping that they will concentrate on what we are saying and remember what they have read. The book is an educational book for everyone to learn from. ISBN: 957775512 $35.00 Paperback
Not Quite Men, No Longer Boys
by K. C. Laughton
A wide-eyed Aboriginal kid from the bush, nineteen-year-old Kenny left Australia for a tour of duty in Vietnam. This is the story of Jenny's education in life and death and the kinds of friendship that last a lifetime. ISBN: 1864650060 $19.95 Paperback
Only a Wife
by Elizabeth J. R. Guy Arnhem Land 1945 - 1952.
This is not a history of Arnhemland, others have written that. It is not a study of Aborigines, others more qualified have written that. This is simply the experiences of a young girl Elizabeth Hooke, who became a young wife and mother in Arnhem Land, between 1945 and end of 1951, as seen through her eyes and feeling at that time ISBN: 0868223239 $16.95 Paperback
People of Gariwerd, The
by Gib Wettenhall
The people of Gariwerd draws on a new interpretation of the region's archaeology by La Trobe University and Aboriginal Affairs Victoria in collaboration with Gariwerd's Aboriginal communities. It tells for the first time how Aboriginal people have maintained an intense and unbroken relationship with the peaks and plains of Gariwerd since the last Ice Age to the present day. It recounts how, in the eons prior to European settlement, they lived together, managed the land, and used the landscape as a map telling them how to live. ISBN: 095771310X $24.95 Paperback
Play and Enjoy the Didjeridu (available in the following languages:- English, German, Dutch, French, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish & Italian)
by Peter Kaye
All you wanted to know about the didjeridu but were afraid to ask. ISBN: 0958703906 $5.50 Paperback
Play and Enjoy the Didjeridu (available in the following languages:- English & German)
by Peter Kaye
All you wanted to know about the didjeridu but were afraid to ask. $18.95 Cassette
Play and Enjoy the Didjeridu (available in the following languages:- English, German, )
by Peter Kaye
All you wanted to know about the didjeridu but were afraid to ask. $27.50 CD
Really, Really Serious How to Play the Didgeridoo Book, The
by R. Lewis
A guide to buying and playing the didge, and some Dreamtime stories. ISBN: 0095785305 $5.50 Paperback
Spirit of the Night Sky
by Laksar Burra
A basic, easy-to-follow guide to the stars and constellations of Australia’s night skies, looking up from down under, interweaving myth, mystery and science from around the world to convey the sense of awe experienced by stargazers past and present. ISBN: 1876622326 $12.50 Paperback
Standing Strong
by Penny Tweedie
Through both the magnificent pictures and the fascinatin stories of the participants, an inspiring picture of hope emerges…..from the foreword by Sir William Deane ISBN: 0731810120 $14.95 Paperback
Thanakupi's Guide to Language & Culture A Thaynakwith Dictionary
by Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher
The first Indigenous guide to western Cape York. Internationally renowned Weipa elder, Thancoupie, has long used the language of her art to convey the legends of her people, the Thaynakwith. This book is the culminating of her life's work. It combines her art with a Thaynakwith language dictionary, cultural guide and stunning photographs. The rich heritage of her Thaynakwith people is brought alive with Thancoupie's description of family customs, ceremonies and protocols, plants, food preparation, animals, sea and shore life. ISBN: 9780980331202 $45.00 Paperback
The Aborigines (4th Edition)
by R. M. Gibbs
This revised edition of a widely accepted book includes much material on the recent period of Aboriginal affairs, including an account of the Mabo decision, the development of new organisations concerned with Aboriginal affairs, and the process of reconciliation. The section on traditional Aboriginal society has been revised to incorporate new information about its possible origins and development. The text is supplemented by many illustrations, documents, a reading list, research exercises and a comprehensive index. ISBN: 9780582808362 $39.95 Paperback
Understanding Aboriginal Culture
by Cyril Havecher
Here is a legacy of untold value left by the Dreamtime heroes of the Australian Aboriginal people; a race so ancient it is reputed to be descended from the gods. This is a priceless heritage which belongs to every Australian, black or white. The records left by the Wisemen of the Aborigines tell of the creation myth, how Baiame the Supreme Intelligence of the universe, created all living things and how extrasensory perception was used as a means of gaining knowledge of the past and future. There are laws for living on earth and laws for living in the multi dimensions beyond earth. Theirs is a powerful philosophy, one which has meaning and cannot be changed by time or circumstances. It is a spiritual philosophy which most Australians, until recent years, saw as primitive and of little importance to the world. ISBN: 0958858802 $21.95 Paperback
Wangkangurru of the Desert
by Judy Lucas and Alex Barlow
Wangkangurru of the Desert examines what it means to be a member of the Wangkangurru people from the Simpson Desert region of South Australia. It describes how the Wangkangurru survived dispossession of their lands, due to European settlement, until today, when the desert is once more accessible to them. ISBN: 1863910352 $6.95 Hardback
Why Warriors lay Down and Die
by Richard Trudgen
Why Warriors Lie Down and Die is essential reading for anyone interested in indigenous peoples. It provides hope and new direction for those simply searching for answers as to why "the problems" seem to persist in Aboriginal communities. It also offers insight for those who want a greater understanding of the issues involved in achieving true reconciliation. ISBN: 0646395874 $29.95 Paperback
Yami
by Yami Lester
The autobiography of Yami Lester. Strong, simple, and good humoured, Yami's story is essential reading for anyone interested in Aboriginal history - or willing to be inspired by a unique and courageous life. Yami's childhood was changed forever when nuclear bomb tests at Maralinga destroyed his homeland and his eyesight, but he went on to play a major orle in the hand back of Uluru and the Royal Commission into the Maralinga bomb tests. His memories are about the making of modern Australian history. ISBN: 1864650257 $22.95 Paperback
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