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Trying to Get It Back
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 85.00Trying to Get It Back: Indigenous Women, Education and Culture examines aspects of the lives of six women from three generations of two indigenous families. Their combined memories, experiences and aspirations cover the entire twentieth century. The first family, Pearl McKenzie, Pauline Coulthard and Charlene Tree are a mother, daughter and... more...
Kayang & Me
Fremantle Press 2013; US$ 10.90Wilomin Noongar. What does that mean? Aunty Hazel reckons the wilo (curlew) can completely camouflage itself. It closes its eyes and just lies there, motionless. You only see it when its eyes open. So sometimes those of us who are disconnected and dispossessed only become visible when our eyes are opened to history. Acknowledging our people ... more...
Maybe Tomorrow
Allen & Unwin 2010; US$ 22.71From the Aboriginal fringe camps of his birth to the catwalk, basketball court, DJ console and more...this is a new anniversary edition of Boori Monty Pryor's life, his pain, his joy and his hopes, and is as powerful now as it was when it was first published in 1998. more...
Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking
Spinifex Press 2009; US$ 19.95The Ngarridjeri women of South Australia reveal their thoughts, daily challenges, and visions for the future in this moving book. The stories range from charming and delightful to jarring and shocking, and delve into matters both social and personal?including the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy. Serving as a model for how indigenous and nonindigenous... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Past and Present
Aboriginal Studies Press 1988; US$ 26.50This book examines Aboriginal identity in various forums - discourse, education, juvenile institutions, geographic locations, in terms of myths and in land rights actions. A selection of authors drawn from a variety of disciplines present a readable collection of works covering the past and the present, and many issues which face Aboriginal people... more...









