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Trustees on Trial: Recovering the stolen wages

Rosalind Kidd

Ros Kidd uses official correspondence to reveal the extraordinary extent of government controls over Aboriginal wages, savings, endowments and pensions in twentieth century Queensland. In a disturbing indictment of the government’s $4000 reparations

Aboriginal Darwin: A guide to exploring important sites of the past and present

Toni Bauman

To most visitors and locals, Darwin is a vibrant, tropical city in the Top End. Although not always obvious to visitors, Darwin is also a living Aboriginal cultural landscape. Aboriginal Darwin peels back layers to show the rich heritage and complex

Writing Never Arrives Naked: Early Aboriginal cultures of writing in Australia

Penny Van Toorn

In Writing never arrives naked, Penny van Toorn engages our minds and hearts. Her academically innovative book reveals the resourceful and often poignant ways that Indigenous Australians involved themselves in the coloniser’s paper culture. The first

Bruno David, Bryce Barker

The social archaeology of Australian Indigenous societies

Building on the foundational work of Harry Lourandos, the book critically examines and challenges traditional approaches which have presented Indigenous Australian pasts as static and tethered to ecological rationalism.

Rob Riley: An Aboriginal leader's quest for justice

Quentin Beresford

Widely regarded as one of the great Aboriginal leaders of the modern era, Rob Riley was at the centre of debates that have polarised views on race relations in Australia: national land rights, the treaty, deaths in custody, self-determination, the

Richard Broome, Corinne Manning

A Man of All Tribes: The life of Alick Jackomos

Alick Jackomos was the son of Greek migrant parents, born in Collingwood, who grew up during the Great Depression. His is a remarkable life that recaptures stories of diverse communities and ways of life now vanished from sight.

The Rain Flower

Mary Duroux

The Rain Flower is an adventure story about the journey of the night creatures and the day creatures to find a rain flower that will benefit them all. Their journey is one of learning: how to unite, seek advice, give opinion and work together — and

Unfinished Constitutional Business? Rethinking Indigenous self-determination

Barbara Hocking

Indigenous self-determination is the recognised right of all peoples to freely determine their political status, and pursue their economic, social and cultural development. Unfinished constitutional business? offers fresh insights into the ways

Luke Taylor, Dr Graeme K Ward, Richard Davis, Graham Henderson, Lynley Wallis

The Power of Knowledge, the Resonance of Tradition

The power of knowledge, the resonance of tradition is a ground-breaking critique of the concept of ‘tradition’ applied in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander context. The authors offer a refreshing new style of analysis. In writing that is rich