Bronwyn Bancroft
Born in Tenterfield, northern New South Wales, Dr Bronwyn Bancroft is a descendant of the Djanbun clan of the Bundjalung nation. Bronwyn is a leading Indigenous artist, illustrator and art administrator whose work is held at the National Gallery of …
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My People: A Kath Walker Collection
Oodgeroo's writing is often a provocative and passionate plea for justice. My People is a collection…
Author:
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker)
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Published year:
1970
The White Earth
One spring day in late 1992, when William was halfway between his eighth birthday and his ninth, he …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11
Author:
Andrew McGahan
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2005
Teacher Resource
Essay
Swallow the Air
When May's mother dies suddenly, she and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. However, their …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11
Author:
Tara June Winch
Publisher:
UQP
Published year:
2006
Teacher Resource
Essay
Tara June Winch
Tara June Winch is a Wiradjuri author, born in Australia in 1983 and based in France. Her first novel, Swallow the Air was critically acclaimed. She was named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist, and has won numerous literary …
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Mudrooroo Nyoongah (Colin Johnson)
Born Colin Johnson at Cuballing in Western Australia in 1938, Mudrooroo left Perth for Melbourne in the 1950s. He studied at night while working in the Motor Registration Office and State Library. He wrote Wild Cat Falling (1965), which was welcomed…
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The Other Side of the Frontier: Aboriginal Resistance to the European Invasion of Australia
The publication of this book in 1981 profoundly changed the way in which we understand the history …
Author:
Henry Reynolds
Publisher:
UNSW Press
Published year:
1981
David Unaipon
David Unaipon is considered to be the first Indigenous Australian author, publishing Aboriginal legends in the 1920s. Without permission, the publisher Angus and Robertson sold the copyright of the stories to William Ramsay Smith who published Myths …
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Dhuuluu-Yala (To Talk Straight)
Dhuuluu-Yala is a Wiradjuri phrase meaning ‘to talk straight’ and this book is straight talk …
Author:
Anita Heiss
Publisher:
Aboriginal Studies Press
Published year:
2003
Anita Heiss
Dr Anita Heiss is an internationally published, award-winning author of 23 books; non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction and children’s novels. She is a proud member of the Wiradyuri Nation of central New South Wales, an …
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