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What Was It All For?
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 22.68Surveys the dramatic changes in Australian society over the last half century - from the blinkered and conservative British ?colony' of 1953 to the progressive, confident society we are today. more...
Paddy's Road
Aboriginal Studies Press 2003; US$ 45.00In Paddy?s Road Kevin Keeffe brings us stories of Dodson?s life, and those of his family, woven from interviews, government archives and family stories. Keeffe brings to life the political, cultural and spiritual beliefs of this remarkable Australian, a land rights activist, Royal Commissioner and founder of Australia?s reconciliation movement. more...
Woven Histories
Aboriginal Studies Press 2004; US$ 35.00This multi-authored collection aims to communicate the unique histories and cultures of Australian Torres Strait Islanders to a broad audience. Not only have Islanders long absorbed the cultural influences from two surrounding landmasses and, more recently, negotiated the development of two nations in the region, their lives have been transformed by... more...
Seeking Racial Justice
Aboriginal Studies Press 2004; US$ 31.00This is Jack Horner?s personal account of his developing consciousness as a white man involved in Indigenous Australian affairs between 1957 and 1973, in particular, his work with FCAATSI. It is also a tribute to the diverse Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians who dedicated themselves to ?Aboriginal Advancement? from 1938 to 1978. more...
Treaty
Aboriginal Studies Press 2001; US$ 17.50These essays were commissioned to stimulate discussion and debate about a treaty between Indigenous and white Australians. It is an important contribution to the national dialogue in Australia, a nation that has been shaped by a history that contains little trace of Treaty of peaceful co-existence amongst Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. The... more...
Treading Lightly
Allen & Unwin 2006; US$ 31.81Australian Aboriginals taught themselves thousands of years ago how to build a sustainable society in our fragile landscape. In a unique collaboration, a Swedish knowledge management professor finds out from an Aboriginal cultural custodian how they did it, and what we can learn from them. more...
Who We Are
Allen & Unwin 2006; US$ 16.31The ultimate miscellany of Australiana - packed with fascinating and humourous facts, ideas, and quotations about our attitudes, language, habits, icons, entertainers, passions, flora and fauna. more...
Kamilaroi & Kurnai
Aboriginal Studies Press 1991; US$ 26.50A 'landmark in Australian anthropology' when it first appeared in 1880, this is the first major analysis of Aboriginal social structure, adopting a model today termed 'social Darwinist'. While this theory is now rejected, it exerted tremendous influence on European attitudes for decades. Kamilaroi and Kurnai is of particular relevance to Koories of... more...
Saltwater People
Allen & Unwin 2002; US$ 31.81A fascinating insight into the culture of the saltwater peoples of northern Australian coasts, their profound knowledge of and attachment to their sea country, how this endured despite dislocation and repression, and how this has shaped their values and relations with territory - with telling contrasts to our own western institutions and their origins. more...
Words and Silences
Allen & Unwin 2001; US$ 31.81A fascinating investigation into how Aboriginal women communicate their knowledge to gain a public voice and recognition of their rights to land. more...









