Aboriginal art and culture

Design: Building on Country

Design: Building on Country

Design: Building on CountryAlison Page and Professor Paul Memmott, edited by Margo Neale Aborigin...

Design: Building on CountryAlison Page and Professor Paul Memmott, edited by Margo Neale Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion.  Alison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability and storytelling, re...

$24.95

Sand Talk

Sand Talk

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the WorldTyson Yunkaporta What happens when global sy...

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the WorldTyson Yunkaporta What happens when global systems are viewed from an Indigenous perspective? How does it affect the way we see history, money, power and learning? Could it change the world? This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schr dinger's cat. Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how contemporary life diverges f...

$32.95

Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia

Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia

Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia: Second EditionBill Arthur and Frances Morphy The second ...

Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia: Second EditionBill Arthur and Frances Morphy The second edition of the bestselling Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia, a unique tool for exploring and understanding the lives and cultures of Australia's First Peoples. The 'Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia' is a unique tool for exploring and understanding the lives and cultures of Australia's First Peoples. This second edition of the award-winning 'Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia' op...

$79.95

Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia

Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-easte...

Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia: Perspectives of Early ColonistsFred ...

Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia: Perspectives of Early ColonistsFred Cahir, Ian D. Clark and Philip A. Clarke Provides an insight into the environmental knowledge of Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australians have long understood sustainable hunting and harvesting, seasonal changes in flora and fauna, predator–prey relationships and imbalances, and seasonal fire management. Yet the extent of their knowledge and expertise has been largely unknown and underapprec...

$69.95

Two Cultures, One Story

Two Cultures, One Story

Two Cultures, One StoryDr Robert Isaacs with Tanaz Byramji Dr Robert Francis Isaacs AM, OAM, PhD ...

Two Cultures, One StoryDr Robert Isaacs with Tanaz Byramji Dr Robert Francis Isaacs AM, OAM, PhD (Hon) has spent his life bridging the divide between white and black Australia. Taken from his mother as a baby, Robert was raised in institutions not knowing he had a family and not knowing he was Aboriginal. Enduring severe hardship, discipline and abuse at the hands of the Christian Brothers, Robert went out into the world at the age of 16 determined to make a life for himself and a family of h...

$27.95

The Biggest Estate on Earth

The Biggest Estate on Earth

The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines made AustraliaBill Gammage Across Australia, early Eu...

The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines made AustraliaBill Gammage Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park. With extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands and abundant wildlife, it evoked a country estate in England. Bill Gammage has discovered this was because Aboriginal people managed the land in a far more systematic and scientific fashion than we have ever realised. For over a decade, Gammage has examined written and vis...

$45.00

Wild Food Plants of Australia

Wild Food Plants of Australia

Australian Nature Fieldguide: Wild Food Plants of AustraliaTim Low 'Australian Nature Fieldguide:...

Australian Nature Fieldguide: Wild Food Plants of AustraliaTim Low 'Australian Nature Fieldguide: Wild Food Plants of Australia' is the field guide edition of 'Wild Food Plants of Australia'. It is presented in a concise, convenient form to facilitate quick and ready reference in the field. Tim Low has provided a truly reliable guide to our edible flora, making identification easy, thus it is a perfect companion for bushwalkers, naturalists, scientists and, with emphasis on wild food cuisine,...

$34.95

Loving Country Loving Country

Loving Country

Loving Country: A Guide to Sacred AustraliaBruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou 'Loving Country' is...

Loving Country: A Guide to Sacred AustraliaBruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou 'Loving Country' is a powerful and essential guidebook that offers a new way to travel and discover Australia through an Indigenous narrative. In this beautifully designed and photographed edition, co-authors Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou, in consultation with communities and Elders across Australia, show travellers how to see the country as herself, to know her whole and old story, and to find the way to fall ...

$49.95

Traditional Healers of the Central Desert Traditional Healers of the Central Desert

Traditional Healers of the Central Desert

Traditional Healers of the Central Desert: NgangkariNPY Women's Council Aboriginal Corporation 'T...

Traditional Healers of the Central Desert: NgangkariNPY Women's Council Aboriginal Corporation 'Traditional Healers of the Central Desert' contains unique stories and imagery and primary source material: the ngangkari speak directly to the reader. Ngangkari are senior Aboriginal people authorised to speak publicly about Anangu (Western Desert language speaking Aboriginal people) culture and practices. It is accurate, authorised information about their work, in their own words.  The practice o...

$59.95

All Wrapped Up: Spirit

All Wrapped Up: Spirit

Spirit: A Wrapping Paper BookRachael Sarra All Wrapped Up is a series of gorgeous stationery book...

Spirit: A Wrapping Paper BookRachael Sarra All Wrapped Up is a series of gorgeous stationery books celebrating the work of Australia’s best and brightest artists. 'Spirit' by Rachael Sarra showcases modern Indigenous art, as seen through the eyes of designer and illustrator Rachael Sarra. Love the pattern? Rip it out and wrap something up! Includes 20 gift wrapping sheets and gift stickers.About the Artist:Rachael Sarra is an artist and designer whose work is an extension of her being and exp...

$26.95

The Waugal and the Swan

The Waugal and the Swan

The Waugal and the Swan: The story of a riverJill Worsley This is a story of a river. Now called ...

The Waugal and the Swan: The story of a riverJill Worsley This is a story of a river. Now called the Swan, the river was known to the local Nyungar people as the Durbal Yaragan. The Nyungar had used the river and its environs for thousands of years, but in 1650 they witnessed the arrival of the first European ships off the coast, an event that was eventually to bring big changes to their way life. In this book, Western Australian maritime historian, Jill Worsley, explores the traditional use ...

$12.50

Bush Remedies

Bush Remedies

Bush RemediesCheryll Williams Australia has a remarkable bushland with many unique plants that ar...

Bush RemediesCheryll Williams Australia has a remarkable bushland with many unique plants that are not found anywhere else in the world. Aboriginal people exploited this diversity, being superb survivalists in a harsh environment. They harvested the bounty of the land with ingenuity and centuries of practical experience. The sweet native honeys, the sugar letp insects, tasty witchetty grubs and oil-rich Bogong moths are good examples. When the colonists arrived two centuries ago they found th...

$39.95