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No Ordinary Judgment: Mabo, the Murray Islanders' Land Case

Nonie Sharp

This is the inside story of the Mabo case, a unique court drama where rights and interests previously unknown to Anglo-Australian law came to be recognised by the High Court of Australia.
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The Great Forgetting

Bevan Bert Hayward, Geoff D. Page

The great forgetting conveys the forgotten story of Australia during the past couple of hundred years. In poetry and with striking reproductions, it tells of the interaction between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people: the brutality, arrogance,
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Bush Toys: Aboriginal children at play

Claudia Haagen

From spears, shields and throwing sticks to hockey, marbles and fireworks, this beautifully illustrated and cleverly structured book builds for the reader a unique picture of the lives of Aboriginal children in the past and present, and adds
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Stars of Tagai: The Torres Strait Islanders

Nonie Sharp

Stars of Tagai describes life among the blue-water people of the Torres Strait Islands. It explores the changing life of these sea people: their creation and re-creation of identity, and their unique sea culture rich in meaning and custom.
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King Plates: A history of Aboriginal Gorgets

King Plates describes and illustrates a large collection of Aboriginal gorgets, also called king or brass plates. These were presented to perceived 'chiefs', faithful servants and to the specially courageous by governors and land holders. In other
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Learning The Ropes: The life story of a 'King of Knockouts'

Keith Saunders

From the lean and terrifying days of the Depression in rural New South Wales to the exhilaration and excess of Australian boxing in the sixties and after, the life of boxer Keith Saunders has been extraordinary. In this fast-paced, funny
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Boigu: Our history and culture

Boigu Island Community Council

Boigu is a lively collection of writings from the past and present. It includes stories of brave warriors and traditional customs, of love and hope, of everyday experiences and practices, of business enterprises and industrial disputes, and of
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Born of the Conquerers: Selected essays by Judith Wright

Judith Wright

One of Australia's best known poets, Judith Wright, brings together for the first time a selection of twenty-one essays. Her messages about our need to preserve Aboriginal culture and care for the land run through them all.
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Kamilaroi and Kurnai

Lorimer Fison, William Howitt

A '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
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Being Black: Aboriginal cultures in 'settled' Australia

Ian D. Keen

Being black brings together the results of research by a range of renowned anthropologists focusing on the social life of people who used to be labelled 'part-Aborigines' or 'urban Aborigines'. The research cover issues like the basis of identity;
Last updated: 09 October 2020