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...
$24.95
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...
$32.95
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
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
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...
$27.95
AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia
AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia The map is an attempt to represent the language, tribal or na...
AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia The map is an attempt to represent the language, tribal or nation groups of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. Aboriginal groups were included on the map based on the published resources available between 1988 and 1994 which determine the cultural, language and trade boundaries and relationships between groups. The map was developed along with the Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia as part of a research project. The borders between groups are purposeful...
$14.95
Chunyart and the Cheeky Parrot
Alton WalleyIllustrated by Sandy Fordham, Rosalie Okely and Richard Walley Chunyart had dreamed o...
Alton WalleyIllustrated by Sandy Fordham, Rosalie Okely and Richard Walley Chunyart had dreamed of this day since he was a little boy. He was finally old enough to go hunting with his dad. A young Nyoongar boy called Chunyart is taking his first journey towards becoming a man. He has much to learn from his family about the land and its useful plants. But with a cheeky parrot for a friend, there is plenty of mischief along the way. This book has been produced by Kings Park Education to celebra...
$19.95
Noongar Bush Medicine: Medicinal Plants of the South-West of Western AustraliaVivienne Hansen and...
Noongar Bush Medicine: Medicinal Plants of the South-West of Western AustraliaVivienne Hansen and John Horsfall For over 50,000 years before colonisation, the Noongar people were much healthier than most Aboriginal Australians are today. Living in the open, in a land largely free from disease, they benefited from a better diet, more exercise, less stress and a supportive community. In 'Noongar Bush Medicine', the authors have recorded information on many of the medicinal plants that were regu...
$34.95
Noongar Bush Tucker: Bush Food Plants and Fungi of the South-West of Western AustraliaVivienne Ha...
Noongar Bush Tucker: Bush Food Plants and Fungi of the South-West of Western AustraliaVivienne Hansen and John Horsfall Before the colonisation of Australia, Aboriginal Australians lived on a wonderful larder of fresh fruit, vegetables and lean meat, in a land largely free from disease with more exercise, less stress and supportive communities. Today, in Aboriginal communities all over Australia, there are higher instances of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, renal disease, some types of cancer...
$34.95