Research books and monographs

Yvonne Cadet-James, Robert Andrew James, Sue McGinty, Russell McGregor

Gugu Badhun: People of the Valley of Lagoons

Bridging historical scholarship and Aboriginal oral tradition, this innovative book tells the story of the Gugu Badhun people of the Valley of Lagoons in North Queensland.

Rhonda Collard-Spratt, Jacki Ferro

Alice's daughter: lost mission child

In 1954, aged three, Rhonda Collard-Spratt was taken from her Aboriginal family and placed on Carnarvon Native Mission, Western Australia.

Something About Emus: Bininj stories from Western Arnhem Land

The emu is an iconic Australian bird of significance to all Australians, but especially so to Indigenous Australians who have had a special relationship with this curious animal for thousands of years.

Monograph

Authorisation and decision-making in native title

Nick Duff

Native title involves an interface between the Australian legal system and Indigenous legal, cultural and political systems. The assertion and management of native title rights involves collective action by sometimes large and disparate groups of

Overturning aqua nullius: securing Aboriginal water rights

Virginia Marshall

Aboriginal peoples in Australia have the oldest living cultures in the world. From 1788 the British colonisation of Australia marginalised Aboriginal communities from land and water resources and their traditional rights and interests.

Yijarni: true stories from Gurindji country

On 23 August 1966, approximately 200 Gurindji stockmen and their families walked off Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory, protesting against poor working conditions and the taking of their land by pastoralists.

Monograph

Noongar people Noongar land: the resilience of Aboriginal culture in the south west of Western Australia

Kingsley Palmer

This book, Noongar people, Noongar land, arose from the protracted struggle of the Indigenous Noongar people of the South West of Western Australia to gain recognition of their native title rights and interests under the Australian federal government

The right to protect sites: Indigenous heritage management in the era of native title

Dr Pamela McGrath

A large and profitable Indigenous heritage management industry has emerged in the wake of the resources boom of recent decades, with thousands of Indigenous heritage impact assessments conducted every year. Yet few governments have successfully

Pictures From My Memory: My story as a Ngaatjatjarra woman

Lizzie Marrkilyi Ellis

Pictures From My Memory is a compelling and accessible autobiographical account of Lizzie Marrkilyi Ellis’ life as a Ngaatjatjarra woman from the Australian Western Desert.