David Spillman
David Spillman spent many years working on Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. For some time he has explored the similarities and differences of Aboriginal cultures to his own western socialisation. He is excited by the contribution of …
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Us Mob Walawurru
Central Australia, 1960s ... Ruby lives on a cattle station and goes to the ‘silver bullet' school…
Year:
Secondary, Year 8
Author:
Lisa Wilyuka, David Spillman
Publisher:
Magabala Books
Published year:
2006
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The Rabbits
A rich and haunting allegory for all ages, all cultures.
The Rabbits offers a rich and …
Year:
Secondary, Year 8
Author:
John Marsden
Illustrator:
Shaun Tan
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Published year:
1998
Teacher Resource
Ellen van Neerven
Ellen van Neerven is an award-winning writer of Mununjali Yugambeh and Dutch heritage. Ellen’s first book, Heat and Light, was the recipient of the David Unaipon Award, the Dobbie Literary Award and the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Indigenous …
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Contemporary Asian Australian Poets
This ground-breaking anthology collects poems written by Australian poets who are migrants, their …
Author:
Adam Aitken, Kim Cheng Boey, Michelle Cahill
Publisher:
Puncher & Wattmann
Published year:
2013
Good Muslim Boy
Good Muslim Boy tells the story of Osamah Sami’s journey from Iran during the Iraq war to the …
Author:
Osamah Sami
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Publishing
Published year:
2015
Aunty Joy Murphy
Joy Murphy Wandin AO is the Senior Aboriginal Elder of the Wurundjeri People of Melbourne and surrounds. We show respect for her and other Elders by calling them Aunty or Uncle. Aunty Joy has had numerous government appointments including as a member…
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Black Cockatoo
Black Cockatoo is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragile …
Year:
Primary, Year 6
Author:
Carl Merrison, Hakea Hustler
Publisher:
Magabala Books
Published year:
2018
Teacher Resource
Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr
Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr is a Yolŋu man from the Ganalbingu clan and is known for his paintings of Ganalbingu song lines as well as his mother’s Wägilak clan stories. Along with other members of his clan, Johnny keeps culture strong through …
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Leanne Mulgo Watson
Leanne Mulgo Watson is a Darug artist-educator and is the daughter of Aunty Edna Watson. She has been a director of the Darug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation for many years. Cooee Mittigar is her first book. She says, 'I had always wanted to create…
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