Aboriginal Australian book reviews
Read reviews of books about Indigenous culture and books by Aboriginal authors. I’ve marked Aboriginal book authors and Torres Strait book authors with their corresponding flags so you can easily find books by Indigenous authors.
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Anthologies
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Aboriginal author Sally Morgan, Tjalaminu Mia, Blaze Kwaymullina (eds)
Aboriginal author various authors
Aboriginal author various authors
Aboriginal author Anita Heiss, Peter Minter (eds)
John Ogden
Aboriginal author various
Art
Aboriginal author Hetti Perkins
Claus Volkenandt, Christian Kaufmann (eds)
Vivien Johnson
Aboriginal author John Mawurndjul
Tim Acker, John Carty
Jill Stubington
Aboriginal author Seaman Dan, Karl Neuenfeldt
Lisa Di Tommaso
Aboriginal author Beck Cole, Dot West, Jane Harrison, Kelly Lefever, Kootji Raymond, Mitch Torres
Margo Birnberg
Marie Geissler, Ken McGregor
Autobiographical books
Aboriginal author Joan Martin (Yaarna)
Aboriginal author Rita Huggins, Jackie Huggins
Aboriginal author Doreen Kartinyeri, Sue Anderson
Aboriginal author Doris Pilkington (Nugi Garimara)
Aboriginal author Boori (Monty) Pryor
Kevin Keeffe
Aboriginal author Gordon Briscoe
Aboriginal author Ray Martin
John Danalis
Quentin Beresford
Aboriginal author Ronnie Summers
Aboriginal author Roberta Sykes
Aboriginal author Roberta Sykes
Aboriginal author Roberta Sykes
Stuart Rintoul (ed)
Business and Economy
Kimberly Christen
Neil Willmett
Children's books
Aboriginal author David Hardy
Aboriginal author Bronwyn Bancroft
Jill McDougall, Jenny Taylor (illustr.)
Jillian Taylor
Aboriginal author Beryl Cruse
Pat Lowe
Aboriginal author Richard Frankland
Aboriginal author Gladys Milroy
Aboriginal author Trish Albert
Aboriginal author Jane Garlil Christophersen
Aboriginal author Bronwyn Bancroft
Aboriginal author Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Sally Morgan (illus.)
Aboriginal author Sylvia Emmerton, Jaquanna Elliott (illus.)
Aboriginal author Dub (David) Leffler
Aboriginal author Sally Morgan, Ezekiel Kwaymullina
Aboriginal author Michelle Gillespie, Sonia Martinez (illus.)
Aboriginal author Cathy Goonack
Aboriginal author Boori Monty Pryor, Jan Ormerod
Aboriginal author Trina Saffioti
May L. O'Brien, Sue Wyatt (illustr.)
Aboriginal author Mundara Koorang
Aboriginal author Kirra Somerville, Grace Fielding (illustr.)
Patricia Wrightson
Diane Lucas, Ken Searle (illustr.)
Aboriginal author Bronwyn Bancroft
May L. O'Brien
Education
Aboriginal author Chris Sarra
Fiction, Novels
Christopher Bevan
Aboriginal author Anita Heiss
Aboriginal author Alexis Wright
Aboriginal author Larissa Behrendt
Aboriginal author Larissa Behrendt
Aboriginal author Anita Heiss
Judy Nunn
Aboriginal author Dylan Coleman
Aboriginal author Gayle Kennedy
Ben Andersen
Aboriginal author Melissa Lucashenko
Marlo Morgan
Aboriginal author Meme McDonald, Boori Monty Pryor
Aboriginal author Meme McDonald, Boori Monty Pryor
Aboriginal author Anita Heiss
Aboriginal author Anita Heiss
Aboriginal author Jeanine Leane
Aboriginal author Philip McLaren
Aboriginal author Philip McLaren
Aboriginal author D. Bruno Starrs
Aboriginal author Kim Scott
Aboriginal author Meme McDonald, Boori Monty Pryor
Rosemary Hayes
Aboriginal author Nicole Watson
Aboriginal author Jesse Pentecost
Patricia Wrightson
Sue Woolfe
Aboriginal author Archie Weller
Noel Beddoe
Gary Taaffe
Health
Aboriginal author Aaron Stuart
History books
James Boyce
Henry Reynolds
Simon Holdaway et. al.
Richard Broome
Richard Broome
Josephine Flood
Harry Allen (Ed.)
Eugene Stockton
Sue Davenport, Peter Johnson, Yuwali
Bruce Pascoe
Aboriginal author John Maynard
Henry Reynolds
Aboriginal author Patsy Cameron
Aboriginal author Jessie Lennon
Howard Pedersen, Banjo Woorunmurra
Jane Mills
Alan Parkinson
Keith Vincent Smith
Joanne Watson
Bain Attwood
Aboriginal author Larissa Behrendt
Josephine Flood
Christobel Mattingley
Bain Attwood, Andrew Markus
Ian D Clark, Fred Cahir (eds)
Aboriginal author Gary Foley, Andrew Schaap
Jonathan Richards
Elizabeth Osborne
Geoffrey Blainey
Rosalind Kidd
Humour, Cartoons
Aboriginal author Anita Heiss
Jackie French
Land
Deborah Bird Rose
Bill Gammage
Language
Diana Eades
Law & Justice
Jeff Waters
Mythology
Aboriginal author May O'Brien
Christine Cerny
Aboriginal author Tony Perkins, Margaret Somerville
Personal Reports and Experiences
John Pilger
Aboriginal author Anita Heiss
Aboriginal author Eileen Harrison, Carolyn Landon
Aboriginal author Roy McIvor
Megan Lewis
Andrew Stojanovksi
Harvey Arden
Aboriginal author Marie Munkara
Aboriginal author Simon Flagg, Dr Sebastian Gurciullo
Aboriginal author Lorraine McGee-Sippel
Aboriginal author Anita Heiss
Aboriginal author Margaret Kemarre Turner
Aboriginal author Margaret Kemarre Turner
Aboriginal author Betty Lockyer
Smantha Faulkner, Ali Drummond
Aboriginal author Ruby Langford Ginibi
Aboriginal author Concerned Australians
Aboriginal author Mary Terszak
Paula Shaw
Hannah Rachel Bell
Rod Moss
John Ramsland
Aboriginal author various authors
Peter Read
Concerned Australians
Yasmine Musharbash
Politics
Sarah Maddison
Jon Altman, Melinda Hinkson
Peter Sutton
Spirituality & Poetry
Peta Stephenson
Aboriginal author Ali Cobby Eckermann
Aboriginal author Ali Cobby Eckermann
Aboriginal author Ali Cobby Eckermann
Aboriginal author Elizabeth Hodgson
Aboriginal author Samuel Wagan Watson
Robert Kenny
Noel Loos
Sport
Aboriginal author John Maynard
Andrew McLeod
Sean Gorman
Aboriginal author Jason Gillespie, Lawrie Colliver
Sean Gorman
Bruce Hearn Mackinnon
Aboriginal author John Maynard
Textbooks, Teaching, Studies
Michele Harris
Colin Tatz
Felicity Collins, Therese Davis
Sarah Maddison
Lisa Strelein
Barbara Barkhausen
Steve Morton, Mandy Martin, Kim Mahood, John Carty (editors)
Aboriginal author Les Bursill, Mary Jacobs
Lisa Strelein (ed.)
Aboriginal author Rachel Perkins, Marcia Langton
Paul Memmott
Minoru Hokari
Brian McCoy
Russell McGregor
Aboriginal author Larissa Behrendt
Tim Rowse
Russell Skelton
Helen Hughes
Bill Arthur, Frances Morphy (eds.)
Hannah Rachel Bell
Aboriginal author Max Dulumunmun Harrison
John Bradley
Nigel Parbury
Lyndall Ryan
Bill Gammage
Aboriginal author Bruce Pascoe
Chloe Hooper
Rosalind Kidd
Christos Tsiolkas, Gideon Haigh, Alexis Wright
Aboriginal author Nola Purdie, Gina Milgate, Hannah Rachel Bell (eds)
Aboriginal author Noel Pearson
Aboriginal author Mudrooroo
Travel books
Various authors
Toni Bauman, Samantha Wells
Melinda Hinkson
Meyer Eidelson
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Aboriginal book publishers
Black Ink Press (Townsville, Queensland)
Magabala Books (Broome, Northern Territory)
IAD Press (Alice Springs, Northern Territory)
Aboriginal Studies Press (Canberra, Australian Captial Territory)
Keeaira Press (Southport, Queensland)
