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Palm Island: Through a long lens

Joanne Watson

In November 2004, Mulrunji Doomadgee’s tragic death triggered civil unrest within the Indigenous community of Palm Island. This led to the first prosecution of a Queensland police officer in relation to a death in custody. In Palm Island, Joanne
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Cleared Out: First contact in the Western Desert + 'Contact' DVD

Peter Johnson, Yuwali Nixon, Susan Davenport

In 1964, a group of 20 Aboriginal women and children in the Western Desert made their first contact with European Australians — patrol officers from the Woomera Rocket Range, clearing an area into which rockets were to be fired. They had been pursued
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Compromised jurisprudence: Native title cases since Mabo (Second edition)

Dr Lisa Strelein

Compromised Jurisprudence has established itself as a well-priced and accessible introduction to the subject. Native title has dramatically altered the law and public policy in Australia. It has had a fundamental impact on social relations between
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Throwing Off the Cloak: Reclaiming self-reliance in Torres Strait

Elizabeth Osborne

Throwing off the cloak opens a window onto the Torres Strait Islands peoples’ struggles for control over their own lives, and recognition of their unique island identities and aspirations. For 160 years the Islanders have resisted governments’
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The Legend of the Seven Sisters: A traditional Aboriginal story from Western Australia

Sue Wyatt, May O'Brien

In this wonderful retelling of a Dreaming story of the Wongutha people from the Eastern goldfields, Aboriginal author May O'Brien explains how the Seven Sisters (Pleiades) came to be. Beautifully illustrated by Sue Wyatt, the book offers teachers and
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Aboriginal Business: Alliances in a remote Aboriginal town

Kimberly Christen

Christen worked collaboratively with Warumungu people to establish a digital archive of Warumungu history and culture, and contributed to the development of the Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre.
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Bangu the Flying Fox: A Dreamtime story of the Yuin people of Wallaga Lake

Jillian Taylor, Penny Jones, Aaron Norris

A traditional Dreaming story from the Yuin people of Wallaga Lake, Bangu explores the importance of belonging and identification. Simply told, it works wonderfully both as a read-aloud story book or for beginning readers.
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Bittangabee Tribe: An Aboriginal story from Coastal New South Wales

Rebecca Kirby, Liddy Stewart, Beryl M. Cruse, Steven Thomas

Written by Aboriginal students at Bega TAFE, and illustrated by Aboriginal children from Eden Public School, this delightful book tells the story of Ninima, his wife Mina and their children and the rhythms of their traditional life on the south coast
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The Gunditjmara land justice story

Jessica Weir

The successful Gunditjmara native title claim in the 1980s sits alongside other well-known benchmarks in Australian land rights history, such as the Gurindji (Wave Hill) walk-off and land claim which led to the development of land rights legislation
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Back on The Block: Bill Simon’s Story

Bill Simon, Des Montgomerie, Joanne Tuscano

Stolen, beaten, deprived of his liberty and used as child labour, Bill Simon’s was not a normal childhood. He was told his mother didn’t want him, that he was ‘the scum of the earth’ and was locked up in the notorious Kinchela Boys Home for eight
Last updated: 09 October 2020