History | Joanne Watson

In November 2004, Mulrunji Doomadgee's tragic death triggered civil unrest within the Indigenous community of Palm Island. This led to the first prosecution of a Queensland police officer in relation to a death in custody. Despite prolonged media…

History | Harry Allen (Ed.)

William Blandowski was a German explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers from 1856 to 1857. Australia is the first publication in English of his…

Business and economy | Kimberly Christen

From the vantage point of the remote Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek, Aboriginal Business offers new writing and perspectives on the emergence of Aboriginal organisations, and the unfolding of these within town, regional and national…

History | Simon Holdaway et. al.

A Record in Stone includes a book & CD. It is a comprehensive investigation into the different ways in which archaeologists use flaked stone artefacts as a basis for reconstructing the distant human past. The authors not only describe the range of…

Arts | John Mawurndjul

John Mawurndjul is one of Australia's leading Aboriginal artists, if not the greatest of the living. Mawurndjul: Rarrk is a comprehensive look at the many facets and avenues of Mawurndjul's works, but following up on daily, practical, and…

People | Doreen Kartinyeri, Sue Anderson

'Lies, Lies, Lies', shouted the newspaper headlines following the Royal Commission decision into building the Hindmarsh Island Bridge. Doreen Kartinyeri, key spokeswoman of the Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal people, was devastated. How could whitefella law…

Mythology | Tony Perkins, Margaret Somerville

For Aboriginal people a place comes into being each time it is sung, and it is through this process that places are learned about and cared for. These songs can be for all of us, in the places where Aboriginal stories are rapidly overwritten with…

People | Rita Huggins, Jackie Huggins

Rita Huggins was stolen from her country as a child in the 1920s, and taken to what was then the Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve. From that time, and also from the years as a single mother in Brisbane in the 1960s, Auntie Rita had the desire to make…

People | Kevin Keeffe

While Patrick Dodson's bearded image is well known, the remarkable history of this outstanding Aboriginal leader has never before been told.In Paddy's Road, Kevin Keeffe brings us stories of Dodson's life woven from interviews, government archives…

People | Quentin Beresford

Widely regarded as one of the great Aboriginal leaders of the modern era, Rob Riley was at the centre of debates that have polarised views on race relations in Australia: national land rights, the treaty, deaths in custody, self-determination, the…

Children | Jillian Taylor

This beautifully illustrated story, from the Yuin people of Wallaga Lake, in New South Wales, tells the tale of Bangu the Flying Fox, and the lesson she learns about sticking by her friends.With the permission of the elders of Wallaga Lake, their…

Children | Beryl Cruse

Bittangabee Tribe: An Aboriginal Story from Coastal New South Wales - An Aboriginal Story from Coastal New South Wales is a delightful story created by Aboriginal students from the south coast of New South Wales, it tells of the lives of the…

Children | Mundara Koorang

The Little Platypus and the Fire Spirit is suitable for ages 6 to 10 years. The duck-billed, web-footed, paddle-tailed fur-covered platypus didn't used to look so peculiar. The platypus used to play in the bush, chasing bugs and butterflies,…

Children | May L. O'Brien

Wunambi: The Water Snake is suitable for ages 4 to 8 years.Yelling and shouting, the children chased each other in and out of the water...They didn't realise that they were sharing the water with a tired old Wunambi.Find out what happens when his…

Travel | Toni Bauman, Samantha Wells

To most visitors and locals, Darwin is a vibrant, tropical city in the Top End. Although not always obvious to visitors, Darwin is also a living Aboriginal cultural landscape. Aboriginal Darwin: A Guide to Exploring Important Sites of the Past and…

Travel | Meyer Eidelson

Within its busy urban presence, Melbourne has a rich and complex Aboriginal heritage. Amongst the city landscape lie layers of a turbulent history and an ongoing vibrant culture. But you need to know where to look. Melbourne Dreaming allows you to…

Sport | Sean Gorman

Jimmy Krakouer was released from jail in August 2004, having served nine years of a sixteen year sentence for trafficking amphetamines in Western Australia's biggest ever drug bust. Twenty years earlier, Jim and his brother Phil enjoyed fans, fame…