Aboriginal art and culture

Tangki Tjuta Donkeys Tangki Tjuta Donkeys

Tangki Tjuta Donkeys

Fresh, funny and highly original, Tangki Tjuta Donkeys is an endearing dual language story about ...

Fresh, funny and highly original, Tangki Tjuta Donkeys is an endearing dual language story about how donkeys came to be a rich part of life for one Aboriginal community. Told in Pitjantjatjara and English.Long, long ago, we didn't have donkeys. We didn't have a lot of the things we have today. We didn't know donkeys existed.Our people used to walk with their camels and donkeys from Areyonga to Ernabella. They brought their donkeys here, and left them.Donkeys are malpa wiru, valuable friends a...

$24.95

Bobtails Friend Bobtails Friend

Bobtails Friend

Bobtails FriendBy Rhonda Collard- Spratt, Jacki Ferro, Rhonda Collard-Spratt (Illustrator) Balhar...

Bobtails FriendBy Rhonda Collard- Spratt, Jacki Ferro, Rhonda Collard-Spratt (Illustrator) Balharda the bobtail felt pretty in her necklace of wildflowers. But the Bidi-bidi butterflies laughed and said she was ugly. Who will be bobtail’s friend? In this Aboriginal Dreaming story, follow Balharda downriver from the desert to the sea and learn how words can hurt or heal, and how making friends can open up whole new worlds. Bobtail’s Friend is Book 2 in the Spirit of the Dreaming series. Yamatj...

$29.95

Gurril Storm Bird Gurril Storm Bird

Gurril Storm Bird

Based on a traditional story from the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji First Nations people of Cairns, it ...

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 Gudju-gudju really was and why it is not a good idea to torment the rainbow serpent.Gurril, Storm Bird is a Gimuy Walubara (pronounced ghee-moy-wah-la-burra) Yidinji traditional story that helps to explain t...

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Reconciliation Memoirs with Patrick Dodson

Reconciliation Memoirs with Patrick Dodson

Each year, Reconciliation WA produces the memoirs of a long-standing champion in the reconciliati...

Each year, Reconciliation WA produces the memoirs of a long-standing champion in the reconciliation movement. In 2025, Victoria Laurie sat down with Patrick Dodson to present his Reconciliation Memoirs. Patrick Dodson, a Yawuru Elder from Broome, an Australian Indigenous rights activist and former Western Australian senator. Patrick has long been honoured as the 'Father of Australian reconciliation' and has held numerous prominent positions, including the founding chairman of the Council for ...

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Book - Reconciliation Memoirs with Carol Innes Book - Reconciliation Memoirs with Carol Innes

Book - Reconciliation Memoirs with Carol Innes

Reconciliation Memoirs with Carol Innesin conversation with Victoria Laurie Each year, Reconcilia...

Reconciliation Memoirs with Carol Innesin conversation with Victoria Laurie Each year, Reconciliation WA produces the memoirs of a long-standing champion in the reconciliation movement. This year Reconciliation WA sat down with Noongar leader Carol Innes AM, to present her Reconciliation Memoirs, written in collaboration with Victoria Laurie. Carol is a committed advocate for the reconciliation movement, and has made a significant contribution to the recognition, preservation, and advancement...

$19.95

Nyoongar Dictionary

Nyoongar Dictionary

Nyoongar DictionaryRt. Rev. Bernard Rooney OSB, Emeritus Abbot of New Norcia The book includes a ...

Nyoongar DictionaryRt. Rev. Bernard Rooney OSB, Emeritus Abbot of New Norcia The book includes a comprehensive dictionary of the Nyoongar language focusing on what is now known as the northern dialect. Divided into two sections, Nyoongar­English and English­Nyoongar, the dictionary is the result of the author's own grass­roots experience of Nyoongar as a spoken language and offers the fruits of his extensive research into the available written sources. These sources include published dictiona...

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Noongar Boodja Waangkan Noongar Boodja Waangkan

Noongar Boodja Waangkan

Noongar Boodja Waangkan: Noongar First WordsJayden Boundry, Illustrated by Tyrown Waigana Wandjoo...

Noongar Boodja Waangkan: Noongar First WordsJayden Boundry, Illustrated by Tyrown Waigana Wandjoo Noongar boodja - welcome to Noongar Country! Noongar is the language of the Noongar nation and is spoken by 14 different groups across the south-west corner of Western Australia. Written in Noongar and English, this fully illustrated collection of first Noongar words includes family, plants, animals, emotions, colours, numbers and more, with an audio link guide for pronunciation. ‘… a great way f...

$24.95

Reconciliation Memoirs with Fred Chaney

Reconciliation Memoirs with Fred Chaney

Reconciliation Memoirs with Fred Chaney in conversation with Victoria Laurie The Hon Fred Chaney ...

Reconciliation Memoirs with Fred Chaney in conversation with Victoria Laurie The Hon Fred Chaney AO’s commitment to social justice, and his belief in the equal value of all people, has driven a long and passionate career in advancing the reconciliation movement in Australia. The 2022 launch of the 'Reconciliation Memoirs with Fred Chaney' captures his handover notes from sixty years in the Reconciliation movement. Written by Victoria Laurie.

$19.95

Mardang Waakarl-ak

Mardang Waakarl-ak

Mardang Waakarl-ak: The journey of the Rainbow SerpentTheresa Walley, Cheryl Martin and Biara Mar...

Mardang Waakarl-ak: The journey of the Rainbow SerpentTheresa Walley, Cheryl Martin and Biara Martin This book contains six Wadjak stories composed by Theresa Walley and illustrated by herself, her daughter Cheryl Martin and granddaughter Biara Martin. Yok Waakarl wer Yondok (Rainbow Serpent and Crocodile) tells of the creation of the rivers, lakes and waterholes is Wadjak country. It is a story of romance and courage as the mother Rainbow Serpent fights the crocodile from the north to protec...

$27.95

Nyoongar Boodja: Koomba Bardip Kooratan

Nyoongar Boodja: Koomba Bardip Kooratan

Nyoongar Boodja: Koomba Bardip KooratanNyoongar Land: Long Story ShortFrancesca Robertson, Noel N...

Nyoongar Boodja: Koomba Bardip KooratanNyoongar Land: Long Story ShortFrancesca Robertson, Noel Nannup, Glen Stasiuk and Stephen Hopper A history of ancient Nyoongar land and people. An illustrated history of Nyoongar people and land from the Dreamtime to approximately 7,000 years ago. This work collates Nyoongar stories with geology and climate history.

$22.50

First Nations Food Companion First Nations Food Companion

First Nations Food Companion

First Nations Food CompanionHow to buy, cook, eat and grow Indigenous Australian ingredientsBy Da...

First Nations Food CompanionHow to buy, cook, eat and grow Indigenous Australian ingredientsBy Damien Coulthard, Rebecca Sullivan A groundbreaking celebration of the most accessible and popular Indigenous Australian ingredients and their uses in the everyday home kitchen. 'This book brings ancient foods into the modern kitchen. Every page is full of fascination. A walk in the bush will never be the same.' Bruce Pascoe We know more about pine nuts than bunya nuts, kale than warrigal greens, bu...

$55.00

Book - Welcome to Country Handbook: Gde to Indigenous Australia Book - Welcome to Country Handbook: Gde to Indigenous Australia

Book - Welcome to Country Handbook: Gde to Indi...

The Welcome to Country Handbook A Guide to Indigenous Australia By: Marcia Langton The Welcome to...

The Welcome to Country Handbook A Guide to Indigenous Australia By: Marcia Langton The Welcome to Country Handbook by Professor Marcia Langton AO is your accessible introduction to First Nations Peoples, histories and cultures. Drawn from the bestselling Welcome to Country, this guide is essential reading for every Australian, and an excellent resource for cultural awareness training in the workplace or classroom. The chapters cover precolonial and post-colonial history, language, kinship, kn...

$32.95