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Aboriginal Suicide Is Different
Aboriginal Studies Press 2007; US$ 24.99Adopting a historical and anthropological approach to suicide in Australia and New Zealand, this study documents the rate of suicide among Aboriginal people, which is among the worlds highest. more...
Thumbs Up Australia
Nicholas Brealey Publishing 2011; US$ 14.57On the Road meets Down Under in this really rough guide to the adventures of an English hitchhiker and his reluctant French girlfriend in the Australian Outback! Thumbs Up Australia: Hitchhiking the Outback is the true story of Tom Parry's journey through the Outback. As Parry and his girlfriend hitch their way around the near-empty highways, they... more...
Germans
Wakefield Press 2011; US$ 17.95From Beehive Corner and Bert Flugelman's polished balls in Rundle Mall to the vineyards, churches and cemeteries of the Barossa Valley, tangible signs of South Australia's Germans are everywhere to be seen. Too often, however, 'the Germans' are regarded as a single group in the state's history. The truth is more complex and intriguing. more...
Ochre and Rust
Wakefield Press 2010; US$ 19.95Ochre and Rust takes nine Aboriginal and colonial artefacts from their museum shelves, and positions them at the centre of these gripping, poignant tales set in the heart of Australia's frontier zone. more...
South from Alaska
NewSouth 2011; US$ 27.95Ever since I was seven years old, I have been convinced that one of the fundamental upsides of being alive is that it gives you the chance to do things like sailing across oceans ... When marine biologists Mike Litzow and his partner Alisa make a promise to follow their dream to sail from Alaska to Australia, they agree that they wont leave until... more...
Very Big Journey
Aboriginal Studies Press 2004; US$ 24.00An intriguing memoir, this personal account tells of Hilda Muir?s bush childhood and her forced removal from a loving family to the rigours of life in the Kahlin Home for half-caste children. Revealing that she grew up to marry the love of her life, Billy Muir, the book also follows her challenges dealing with the demands of a growing family and their... more...
Disciplining the Savages
Aboriginal Studies Press 2007; US$ 36.00An alternative reading for those struggling at the contradictory and ambiguous intersections of academia and Indigenous experience, this book moves beyond the usual criticisms of the disciplines providing an alternative for understanding Indigenous peoples. more...
A Different Inequality
Allen & Unwin 2011; US$ 24.99An exploration of why both the right and left of politics have so failed remote Aboriginal Australians, and why until policymakers and researchers take into account both cultural difference and inequality, we will not come anywhere near closing the gap Great beauty is juxtaposed with seemingly endless grief in remote Aboriginal Australia. Communities... more...
Is That You Ruthie?
University of Queensland Press 2003; US$ 12.99Ruthie is the central character in this lively and candid memoir of institutional life. more...
Undaunted
The History Press 2012; US$ 24.78Undaunted is a collection of true stories about Irish men and women who travelled to Australia in search of a better life and battled against the odds in a remote and harsh world. From 1788 when the first convict ships landed to the mid-20th century, these true stories about settlers, convicts and their descendants highlight the best and worst of... more...









