Theme

First Nations creators

Carpentaria

Carpentaria is an epic of the Gulf country of north-western Queensland. Its portrait of life in the …

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

Essay

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

Teacher Resource

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

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Ali Cobby Eckermann Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2015

Teacher Resource

Ashala Wolf has been captured by Chief Administrator Neville Rose. A man who is intent on …

Year: Secondary Author: Ambelin Kwaymullina Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2012

Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology of short fiction, memoir and poetry by authors who are …

Author: Ambelin Kwaymullina, Rebecca Lim Publisher: Fremantle Press Published year: 2018

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

What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Anita Heiss Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 2018

Teacher Resource

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

Archie Roach AM’s deeply personal song, ‘Took the Children Away’, from his 1990 debut album, …

Author: Archie Roach Illustrator: Ruby Hunter Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia Published year: 2020