Indigenous
Benang
Kim Scott
Harley, a man of Nyoongar ancestry, finds himself at a difficult point in the history of his country, family and self. As the apparently successful outcome of his white grandfather's enthusiastic attempts to isolate and breed the 'first whiteman born', he wants to be a failure. But would such failure mean his Nyoongar ancestors could label him a success? And how can the attempted genocide represnted by his family history be told?
Winner of the Miles Franklin Award 2000
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Shadow Lines
Stephen Kinnane
ISBN : 1 86368 237
Shadow Lines is the story of Edward Smith, a young Englishman who emigrated to Australia, and Jessie Argyle, who was born in the remote East Kimberley and taken from her Aboriginal family at age 5. In a society deeply divided on racial lines, Edward and Jessie met, fell in love and, against strong opposition, eventually married.
My Place
Sally Morgan
ISBN : 0 949206 31
Described as 'a book with heart' by Alice Walker, My Place is an Australian classic. In 1982 Sally Morgan travelled back to her grandmother's birthplace. What started out as a tentative search for information turned into an overwhelming emotional and spiritual pilgrimage...
When the Pelican Laughed
Alice Nannup
ISBN: 1 86368 328
Born on a Pilbara Station in 1911, of an Aboriginal mother and European father, Alice Nannup was taken south at the age of 12 and trained in domestic service. After a full and eventful life, including battles with authority and raising ten children, she returned home 64 years later. Her compelling autobiography illuminates aspects of the experience of Aboriginal children taken from their communities in the 1920s and 30s.
Lola Young: Medicine Woman and Teacher
Lola Young, Anna Vitenbergs
ISBN: 978 1 921064
An endearing read for people interested in the history of traditional medicine in indigenous Australia. A two part book, the first being Lola's life story and the second a plant list with full colour photographs of 72 plants. The book also includes a CD of Lola's songs (passed on to her by ancestors).
Eddie’s Country
Simon Luckhurst
ISBN: 1875641947
Eddie Murray died in suspicious circumstances in a country NSW police cell in 1981. He was twenty-one years old. Eddie’s Country is the story of Arthur and Leila Murray who have fought for over 20 years to have the death of their son investigated.
Through Silent Country
Carolyn Wadley Dowley
ISBN: 1 86368 281
A compelling investigation of the escape of fifteen Wongai people from the notorious Moore River Native Settlement in 1921 and their return home to Laverton, over 800kms away, on foot, in fourteen days. The author draws on the memories and voices of the Wongai, a range of written documents and testimonies, as well as physically retracing the journey.
Our State of Mind: Racial Planning & the Stolen Generations
Quentin Beresford & Paul Omaji
ISBN: 1 86368 235
A timely work which examines the reasons why the policy of assimilation and the removal of Aboriginal children was introduced and maintained for so long. It reveals some of the long term effects of the policy and shows why the stolen generations remain as much a part of our present as they are of our past.
Enough is Enough
Noel Olive
ISBN: 1 978 9210 6
An historic account that embraces the Abofriginal side of the Pilbara story, Enough is Enough is an alarming look into the justice system that failed to treat indigenous Australians as equals. Noel Olive represented Aboriginal families before the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in custody.
The N Word
Stephen Hagan
ISBN : 187564198X
Stephen Hagan goes to the United Nations with his battle to remove the word 'Nigger’ from a sign at a Queensland sportsground. ‘The N Word’ exposes the man behind the public face and how a childhood growing up in a fringe camp and the town of Cunnamulla in QLD, fired his determination to fight for human rights. An uncompromising read by one of Australia’s most sought-after political commentators on race relations.
No Free Kicks
Eric Hedley Hayward
ISBN : 1 86368 291 
A wonderful account of the experiences of an ordinary, extraordinary Nyoongar family. From the hardships of poverty, the bush, the mission, and the city, to studying at university and playing state league football - Eric Hayward tells the epic saga of his family, and in doing so provides a unique snapshot of 20th century Australia.
Speaking from the Heart
Morgan, Mia, Kwaymullina
ISBN : 9781 9210648
Eighteen Aboriginal Australians from across the country each share a powerful story whcih is central to their own lives and/or to their family, community or country. Stories which provide readers with a very personal picture of the history, culture and contemporary experience of Aboriginal Australia.