Australian plants as Aboriginal Tools
Philip A Clarke
Rosenberg Publishing, HB, 9781921719493
Australian plants have provided the Aborigines with weapons, tools, shelter, watercraft, ceremonial objects, clothing, ornaments and paint. This book shows how the hunter gatherers lived and similarities and differences of plants uses across Australia. An overview of the changing relationship that Aboriginal People have with the flora is given, along with a description of current trends. The plants were essential for ... More/Buy
A Handful of Sand: Southerly 71-2
David Brooks, Elizabeth McMahon (eds)
Southerly, PB, 9781921556289
An extraordinary editorial achievement by two of our finest poets, this issue of Southerly brings to its reader a rich and striking cross-section of the poetry, fiction, essays and memoir of Australia's first nations, from prodigious teenagers to respected Elders, from over twenty language groups, and from every corner of Australia. A perfect introduction for those who have not encountered such ... More/Buy
Our Greatest Challenge: Aboriginal Children and Human Rights
Hannah McGlade
Aboriginal Studies Press, PB, 9781922059109
Hannah McGlade’s new book bravely addresses the complex and fraught issue of Aboriginal child abuse. She argues that Aboriginal child sexual assault has been formed within the entrenched societal forces of racism, colonisation and patriarchy, yet cast in the Australian public domain as an Aboriginal ‘problem’, with controversial government responses critiqued as racist and paternalistic. McGlade highlights that non-Aboriginal society has ... More/Buy