Kunga Women of the Outback
Arnaud Morvan
Thames & Hudson, PB, 9788857213637
The Australian outback is home to a mosaic of people who for at least 60,000 years have developed and perfected a way of life in which mankind occupies an intermediary position between the earth and the ancestral forces. In this system, men and women fulfil complementary functions: each individual is owner or co-owner of one or more sacred sites over which ... More/Buy
The Lone Protestor: A M Fernando in Australia & Europe
Fiona Paisley
Aboriginal Studies Press, PB, 9781922059055
The late 1920s saw an extraordinary protest by an Australian Aboriginal man on the streets of London. Standing outside Australia House, cloaked in tiny skeletons, Anthony Martin Fernando condemned the failure of British rule in his country. Fernando is believed to be the first Aboriginal person to protest conditions in Australia from the streets of Europe. His various forms of action, ... More/Buy
Ruby Moonlight
Ali Cobby Eckermann
Magabala Books, PB, 9781921248511
Ruby Moonlight, a novel of the impact of colonisation in mid north South Australia around 1880. The main character, Ruby, refugee of a massacre, shelters in the woods where she befriends an Irishman trapper. The poems convey how fear of discovery is overcome by the need for human contact, which, in a tense unravelling of events, is forcibly challenged by an ... More/Buy
Tasmanian Aborigines: A history since 1803
Lyndall Ryan
Allen & Unwin, PB, 9781742370682
Tasmanian Aborigines were driven off their land so white settlers could produce fine wool for the English textile mills. By the time Truganini died in 1876, they were considered to be extinct. Yet like so many other claims about them, this was wrong. Far from disappearing, the Tasmanian Aborigines actively resisted settler colonialism from the outset and have consistently campaigned for ... More/Buy
Waiting at the Gate: A Memoir
Robyn Caughlan, Jason Foster
Magabala Books, PB, 9781921248528
At the age of five, after years of abuse, and just months after the death of her father, Robyn was sent on a 'holiday'and was never returned to her family. She waited at the gate for her mother to return but it soon dawned on her that her family was not coming to get her. This is Robyn's story. From humble ... More/Buy