Aboriginal art and culture

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

Day Break

Day Break

Day BreakAmy McQuire, illustrated by Matt Chun 'Day Break' is the story of a family making their ...

Day BreakAmy McQuire, illustrated by Matt Chun 'Day Break' is the story of a family making their way back to Country on January 26. We see the strength they draw from being together, and from sharing stories as they move through a shifting landscape. The story refocuses the narratives around ‘Australia Day’ on Indigenous survival and resistance, and in doing so honours the past while looking to the future. Confronting yet truthful, painful yet full of hope, 'Day Break' is a crucial story that...

$24.95

Respect Respect

Respect

RespectAunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson, illustrated by Lisa Kennedy Our Way is old. Older than the ...

RespectAunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson, illustrated by Lisa Kennedy Our Way is old. Older than the red earth. Older than flickering stars. Our way is respect. A tender, thoughtful story reminding us to respect others and respect ourselves. Part of the Our Place series which welcomes children to culture. 'Dream team Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson, who previously brought us the excellent Nganga: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander words and phrases, have collaborated with artist Lisa Kennedy to ...

$27.95

The Oldest Foods on Earth

The Oldest Foods on Earth

The Oldest Foods on Earth: A History of Australian Native Foods with RecipesJohn Newton 'This is ...

The Oldest Foods on Earth: A History of Australian Native Foods with RecipesJohn Newton 'This is a book about Australian food, not the foods that European Australians cooked from ingredients they brought with them, but the flora and fauna that nourished the Aboriginal peoples for over 50,000 years. It is because European Australians have hardly touched these foods for over 200 years that I am writing it.' - John Newton We celebrate cultural and culinary diversity, yet shun foods that grew her...

$29.95

Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country 2nd edition Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country 2nd edition

Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country 2nd edition

Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country 2nd editionFully Revised and Expanded, A Travel Guide to Indig...

Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country 2nd editionFully Revised and Expanded, A Travel Guide to Indigenous AustraliaMarcia Langton The second edition of this landmark travel guide, written by one of this country's most highly respected First Nations voices. 'Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country 2nd edition' is the essential follow-up to Australia’s landmark travel guide to Indigenous Australia, Welcome to Country. In this extensively updated edition, Marcia Langton offers a full range of Indigenous...

$55.00

Country: Future Fire, Future Farming

Country: Future Fire, Future Farming

Country: Future Fire, Future FarmingBruce Pascoe and William Leonard Gammage, edited by Margo Nea...

Country: Future Fire, Future FarmingBruce Pascoe and William Leonard Gammage, edited by Margo Neale What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. For millennia, Indigenous Australians harvested this continent in ways that can offer contemporary environmental and economic solutions. Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe demonstrate how Aboriginal people cul...

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The First Scientists The First Scientists

The First Scientists

The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First PeoplesCorey Tutt ...

The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First PeoplesCorey Tutt 'The First Scientists' is the highly anticipated, illustrated science book from Corey Tutt of DeadlyScience. With kids aged 7 to 12 years in mind, this book will nourish readers’ love of science and develop their respect for Indigenous knowledge at the same time. Have you ever wondered what the stars can tell us? Did you know the seasons can be predicted just by looking at subtle changes in nature...

$32.95

Dear Son Dear Son

Dear Son

Dear Son: Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and SonsThomas Mayor 'Dear Son' shar...

Dear Son: Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and SonsThomas Mayor 'Dear Son' shares heartfelt letters written by First Nations men about life, masculinity, love, culture and racism. Along with his own vivid and poignant prose and poetry, author and editor Thomas Mayor invites 12 contributors to write a letter to their son or father, bringing together a range of perspectives that offers the greatest celebration of First Nations manhood. This beautifully designed anthology comes...

$36.95

Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?

Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?

Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?: The Dark Emu DebateKeryn Walshe and Peter Sutton An authoritative s...

Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?: The Dark Emu DebateKeryn Walshe and Peter Sutton An authoritative study of pre-colonial Australia that dismantles and reframes popular narratives of First Nations land management and food production Australians' understanding of Aboriginal society prior to the British invasion from 1788 has been transformed since the publication of Bruce Pascoe's 'Dark Emu' in 2014. It argued that classical Aboriginal society was more sophisticated than Australians had been led t...

$34.95

Treading Lightly

Treading Lightly

Treading Lightly: The hidden wisdom of the world's oldest peopleKarl-Erik Sveiby and Tex Skuthorp...

Treading Lightly: The hidden wisdom of the world's oldest peopleKarl-Erik Sveiby and Tex Skuthorpe We are consuming more than our earth can provide. In Australia, cities and towns struggle to maintain a reliable water supply, climate change triggers droughts which devastate farmland, and fish stocks are running low. It is increasingly clear that we are heading towards collapse if we don't change direction. Aboriginal people taught themselves thousands of years ago how to live sustainably in A...

$35.00

The Nyoongar Legacy

The Nyoongar Legacy

Nyoongar Legacy: The naming of the land and the language of its peopleBernard Rooney The 'Nyoonga...

Nyoongar Legacy: The naming of the land and the language of its peopleBernard Rooney The 'Nyoongar Legacy' is the result of decades of research into Nyoongar language by the Rt. Rev. Bernard Rooney OSB, Emeritus Abbot of New Norcia. It is a study of the Indigenous place-names of the south-west of Western Australia, including over 300 Indigenous place names from the region. Each entry offers an interpretation of the source for a particular place and the possible or probable meanings. The book ...

$27.95