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Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Myths and legends from Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands. Features include information about the history and culture behind the myths, pronunciations, lists of deities, word glossary, further information, and index"--
26) Terra Nullius
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Terra Nullius (def): land belonging to no one; no man's land. 'Jacky was running. There was no thought in his head, only an intense drive to run. There was no sense he was getting anywhere, no plan, no destination, no future. All he had was a sense of what was behind, what he was running from. Jacky was running.' The Natives of the Colony are restless. The Settlers are eager to bring peace to their new home, and they have a plan for how to achieve...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 212 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Based on fresh examination of both the DNA and archeological evidence, Steven and Evan Strong argue that modern humans originated from Australia, not Africa. The original Australians (referred to by some as Aborigines), like so many indigenous peoples, are portrayed as "backward" and "primitive." Yet, as the Strongs demonstrate, original Australians had a rich culture, which may have sown the first seeds of spirituality in the world. They had the...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Gritty and darkly hilarious novel quaking with life-- winner of Australia's Miles Franklin Award-- that follows a queer, First Nations Australian woman as she returns home to face her family and protect the land of their ancestors. Wise-cracking Kerry Salter has spent her adulthood avoiding two things: her hometown and prison. A tough, generous, reckless woman accused of having too much lip, Kerry uses anger to fight the avalanche of bullshit the...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A history of the Aboriginal rights movement in Australia, based on primary source documents and other historical artifacts. Features include period art works and photographs; excerpts from literary works, letters, speeches, broadcasts, and diaries; summary boxes; a timeline; maps; and a list of additional resources"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xiii, 209 pages : colour illustrations, colour map, colour portraits ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Description
Come and spend some time with us at Bawaka. Get a taste of what it is like at different times of the year, and listen to our stories. Laklak Burarrrwanga and family invite you to their country, centred on a beautiful beach in Arnhem Land.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
306 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Just after Christmas 1803, convict William Buckley fled an embryonic settlement in the land of the Kulin nation (now the Port Phillip area), to take his chances in the wilderness.A few months later, the local Aboriginal people found the six-foot-five former soldier near death. Believing he was a lost kinsman returned from the dead, they took him in, and for thirty-two years Buckley lived as a Wadawurrung man, learning his adopted tribe's language,...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 x 30 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Welcome to the lands of the Wurundjeri people. The people are part of the land, and the land is part of them. Aboriginal communities across Australia have boundaries that are defined by mountain ranges and waterways. Traditionally, to cross these boundaries, permission is required. Each community has its own way of greeting, but the practice shares a common name: a Welcome to Country. Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin, the senior Aboriginal elder of the Wurundjeri...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the author's journey as an Australian Aboriginal woman and member of Australia's "Stolen Generation," detailing how she was forcibly removed from her biological family, adopted, and grew up coping with abuse, racism, and emotional trauma.
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