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Books by Indigenous creators

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– Professor Marcia Langton Written by one of Australia’s most prominent Indigenous voices, …

Author: Marcia Langton Publisher: Hardie Grant Published year: 2019

Tony Birch has an eye for life lived at the margins and in Father’s Day he brings the streets of …

Author: Tony Birch Publisher: Hunter Publishers Published year: 2009

An extraordinary illustrated history told from the Indigenous perspective and created through a …

Author: Yalata and Oak Valley Communities, Christobel Mattingley Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2009

– Jacob Morris, Ban Maganindadjyang (My Old People Done) Guwayu — For All Times is a …

Author: Jeanine Leane, Red Room Poetry Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2020

Just tell the truth and someone will hear it eventually. Winner of the 2020 Miles Franklin Award…

Author: Tara June Winch Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Published year: 2019

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

Wise-cracking Kerry Salter has spent a lifetime avoiding two things – her hometown and prison…

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Melissa Lucashenko Publisher: UQP Published year: 2018

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A coming of age story about four boys and their lot in life. Recounted through storytelling sessions…

Author: Sue McPherson Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2018

Claire G. Coleman is a Wirlomin Noongar woman whose ancestral Country is in South Coast Western…

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Claire G. Coleman Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2020

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Jane Harrison, a descendant of the Muruwari people of NSW, is a playwright, novelist, and the …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Jane Harrison Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2020

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