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Books by Indigenous creators

Carpentaria

Alexis Wright is one of Australia’s finest Aboriginal writers. Carpentaria is her second novel, …

Year: Tertiary Author: Alexis Wright Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2006

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A verse novel that centres around the impact of colonisation in mid-north South Australia around …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Ali Cobby Eckermann Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2012

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In her memoir Too Afraid to Cry, published in 2013, Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann related how …

Author: Ali Cobby Eckermann Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2015

"There will come a day when a thousand Illegals descend on your detention centres. Boomers will …

Author: Ambelin Kwaymullina Publisher: Walker Books Published year: 2012

A groundbreaking collection of work from some of the great Australian Aboriginal writers, …

Author: Anita Heiss, Peter Minter Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008

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

This moving bush ballad about the country’s vast interior captures the Australian outback in all …

Author: Annaliese Porter Illustrator: Bronwyn Bancroft Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2005

The true story of the Aboriginal resistance fighter, Jandamarra, whose legend is etched into the …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Banjo Woorunmurra, Howard Pedersen Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2011

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An anniversary edition of a powerful Australian story. 'The other day this little one asked …

Author: Boori Monty Pryor, Meme McDonald Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 1998

A unique picture book collaboration about having fun, sharing culture and the power of story and …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Boori Monty Pryor Illustrator: Jan Ormerod Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2010

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