Aboriginal art and culture
Songlines: The Power and Promise
The First Knowledges series offers an introduction to Indigenous knowledges in vital areas and th...
The First Knowledges series offers an introduction to Indigenous knowledges in vital areas and their application to the present day and the future. Exploring practices such as architecture and design, land management, medicine, astronomy and innovation, this six-book series brings together two very different ways of understanding the natural world: one ancient, the other modern. The first book focuses on Songlines. 'Let this series begin the discussion.' - Bruce Pascoe 'An act of intellectual...
$19.95
Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save AustraliaVictor Steffensen Delving d...
Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save AustraliaVictor Steffensen Delving deep into the Australian landscape and the environmental challenges we face, 'Fire Country' is a powerful account from Indigenous land management expert Victor Steffensen on how the revival of cultural burning practices, and improved 'reading' of country, could help to restore our land. From a young age, Victor has had a passion for traditional cultural and ecological knowledge. This was further de...
$29.95
Warndu Mai (Good Food): Introducing native Australian ingredients to your kitchenRebecca Sullivan...
Warndu Mai (Good Food): Introducing native Australian ingredients to your kitchenRebecca Sullivan and Damien Coulthard This gorgeous illustrated, informative and contemporary cookbook and compendium of native foods will show you how to create truly Australian food and drinks at home. With a few small adjustments and a little experimentation you can prepare delicious food that is better for the Australian environment, is more sustainable and celebrates the amazing ingredients that are truly lo...
$45.00
Welcome to Country (Youth Edition)
Welcome to Country (Youth Edition): An Introduction to our First Peoples for Young AustraliansMar...
Welcome to Country (Youth Edition): An Introduction to our First Peoples for Young AustraliansMarcia Langton ‘Australia is alive with the long history of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, our cultures and our stories. My generation of Aboriginal people want young Australians to be taught more about our history and culture than we were. I have met very few Australians who learned anything in school about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Many have told me that if th...
$29.95
Young Dark Emu: A Truer HistoryBruce Pascoe Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary award...
Young Dark Emu: A Truer HistoryBruce Pascoe Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for 'Dark Emu' and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers. Using the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, Bruce Pascoe compellingly argues for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer label for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. He allows the reader to see Australia as it was before Europeans arrived –...
$24.95
Homeland Calling: Words from a New Generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander VoicesElle...
Homeland Calling: Words from a New Generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander VoicesEllen van Neerven (editor) A new generation of deadly, young poets has emerged in Australia. 'Homeland Calling' is a collection of poems created from hip-hop song lyrics that channel culture and challenge stereotypes. Written by First Nations youth from communities all around Australia, the powerful words display a maturity beyond their years. Edited by award-winning author and poet Ellen van Neerven,...
$24.95
Finding the Heart of the Nation
Finding the Heart of the Nation: The Journey of the Uluru Statement towards Voice, Treaty and Tru...
Finding the Heart of the Nation: The Journey of the Uluru Statement towards Voice, Treaty and TruthThomas Mayor This is a book for all Australians. Since the Uluru Statement from the Heart was formed in 2017, Thomas Mayor has travelled around the country to promote its vision of a better future for Indigenous Australians. He’s visited communities big and small, often with the Uluru Statement canvas rolled up in a tube under his arm. Through the story of his own journey and interviews with 20 ...
$39.99
From the Bukarikara: The Lore of the Southwest Kimberly through the Art of Butcher Joe NanganKim...
From the Bukarikara: The Lore of the Southwest Kimberly through the Art of Butcher Joe NanganKim Akerman Butcher Joe Nangan was one of those charismatic people who exercised a most profound impact on all who met him. Having spent his life acquiring the ritual knowledge and lore, not only of his own Nyikina and Walmajarri forbears but also that pertaining to the lands of his neighbours, Nangan believed that he could, through his art; present his world to a wider audience. With pencil, paint a...
$45.00
That Was My Home: Voices from the Noongar Camps in Fremantle and the Western SuburbsDenise Cook '...
That Was My Home: Voices from the Noongar Camps in Fremantle and the Western SuburbsDenise Cook 'That Was My Home' explores the hidden histories of the Noongar camps around Fremantle, Swanbourne and Shenton Park in the suburbs of Perth along the Swan River. The focus is the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, a time when many Noongar people lived with their families in camps. The voices of Noongar people, juxtaposed with information from the archives, photographs and stories from others in the community...
$29.95
Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country
Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country - A Travel Guide to Indigenous AustraliaMarcia Langton 'Marcia...
Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country - A Travel Guide to Indigenous AustraliaMarcia Langton 'Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country' is a curated guidebook to Indigenous Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. In its pages, respected scholar and author Professor Marcia Langton offers fascinating insights into Indigenous languages and customs, history, native title, art and dance, storytelling, and cultural awareness and etiquette for visitors. There is also a directory of Indigenous tourism experi...
$39.95
Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters
Margo Neale (editor) This stunning companion to the National Museum of Australia's blockbuster In...
Margo Neale (editor) This stunning companion to the National Museum of Australia's blockbuster Indigenous-led exhibition, 'Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters', explores the history and meaning of songlines, the Dreaming or creation tracks that crisscross the Australian continent, of which the Seven Sisters songline is one of the most extensive. Through stunning artworks (many created especially for the exhibition), story, and in-depth analysis, the book will provide the definitive resource...
$49.95
Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of AgricultureBruce Pascoe 'Dark Emu' argues for a ...
Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of AgricultureBruce Pascoe 'Dark Emu' argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests that systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Abori...
$22.95