Theme

Aboriginality

The Rainbow Serpent

There are innumerable names and stories associated with the Rainbow Serpent, all of which …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Dick Roughsey Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 1982

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Strange Objects

When a mysterious cannibal pot is discovered by Steven Messenger, it is only one of the many bizarre…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Gary Crew Publisher: Hachette Australia, Hachette Childrens Published year: 1990

Teacher Resource Essay

Tjarany Roughtail

The mysteries of the Dreamtime with the cultural history of the Kukatja people of the Kimberley …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Gracie Greene, Joe Tramacchi Illustrator: Lucille Gill Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 1992

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No Sugar

Commissioned for the 1985 Perth Festival, this is the spirited story of the Millimurra family’s …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Jack Davis Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1985

Teacher Resource Essay

Don’t Take Your Love to Town

A seminal work of Indigenous memoir. Ruby Langford Ginibi’s remarkable talent for storytelling …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Ruby Langford Ginibi Publisher: UQP Published year: 1988

Teacher Resource Essay

Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence

A Stolen Generations story of astounding courage: three Aboriginal girls, taken from their mothers, …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Nugi Garimara (Doris Pilkington) Publisher: UQP Published year: 1996

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Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines

David Unaipon – the man on the $50 note – was a most extraordinary person. An early Aboriginal …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: David Unaipon Publisher: MUP Published year: 1930

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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

When Jimmie Blacksmith marries a white woman, the backlash from both Jimmie′s tribe and white …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Thomas Keneally Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1972

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It’s Raining in Mango

Wresting his family from the easy living of nineteenth–century Sydney, Cornelius Laffey takes them…

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Thea Astley Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1989

Teacher Resource Essay

Journey to the Stone Country

'A terrific tale of love and redemption that captivates from the first line.' Nicholas Shakespeare, …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Alex Miller Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2003

Teacher Resource Essay