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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

Sally Morgan - Heartsick for Country

Heartsick for Country

Aboriginal author

Sally Morgan et al

John Ogden - Portraits From a Land Without People

Portraits From a Land Without People

John Ogden

Sally Morgan - Heartsick for Country

Indigenous Etchings—
Black and Sexy

Aboriginal author

Various authors

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Autobiographical books

Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence

Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence

Aboriginal author

D. Pilkington and N. Garimara

Maybe Tomorrow

Maybe Tomorrow

Aboriginal author

B. Pryor

Das Land der Goldenen Wolken - Literatur der schwarzen Australier

Das Land der Goldenen Wolken - Literatur der schwarzen Australier

Aboriginal author

B.-U. Endriss / B.M. Scherer

The Wailing - A National Black Oral History

The Wailing - A National Black Oral History

Aboriginal author

Stuart Rintoul
Commended by Brendan Nelson!

Maybe Tomorrow

Riding The Black Cockatoo

John Danalis

Racial Folly - A Twentieth Century Aboriginal Family

Racial Folly - A Twentieth Century Aboriginal Family

Aboriginal author

Gordon Briscoe

Free online copy available!

Ronnie: Tasmanian Songman

Ronnie: Tasmanian Songman

Aboriginal author

Ronnie Summers

Business books

Neil Willmett - How to Start a Successful Aboriginal Business

How to Start a Successful Aboriginal Business

Neil Willmett

Children's books

Jill McDougall - Anna The Goanna

Anna The Goanna

Jill McDougall

May O'Brian - The Legend Of The Seven Sisters

The Legend Of The Seven Sisters

May O'Brian

Diane Lucas - Walking With Seasons in Kakadu

Walking With Seasons in Kakadu

Diane Lucas

Kirra Somerville - The Lizard Gang

The Lizard Gang

Aboriginal author

Kirra Somerville

Patricia Wrightson - The Rocks of Honey

The Rocks of Honey

Patricia Wrightson

Trish Albert - First Australians: Plenty Stories

First Australians: Plenty Stories

Aboriginal author

Trish Albert

Fiction, Novels

Archie Weller: The Window Seat And Other Stories

The Window Seat And Other Stories

Aboriginal author

Archie Weller

Larissa Behrendt: Home

Home

Aboriginal author

Larissa Behrendt

Mutant Message Down Under

Mutant Message Down Under

Disputed book

M. Morgan

Traumfänger

Traumfänger

Disputed book

M. Morgan

Legacy

Legacy

Aboriginal author

Larissa Behrendt

Patricia Wrightson: Nargun And The Stars

The Nargun And The Stars

Patricia Wrightson

Scream Black Murder

Scream Black Murder

Aboriginal author

Philip McLaren

History

Richard Broome: Aboriginal Australians

Aboriginal Australians

Richard Broome

Bain Attwood: The 1967 Referendum

The 1967 Referendum

B. Attwood, A. Markus

Bain Attwood: Possession

Possession: Settlers, Aborigines and Land in Australia

Bain Attwood

John Maynard: Fight for Liberty and Freedom

Fight for Liberty and Freedom

Aboriginal author

John Maynard

Josephine Flood: Archaeology of the Dreamtime

Archaeology of the Dreamtime

Josephine Flood

Josephine Flood: Rock Art of the Dreamtime

Rock Art of the Dreamtime

Josephine Flood

Christobel Mattingley: Survival in Our Own Land

Survival in Our Own Land

Christobel Mattingley

Richard Broome: Aboriginal Victorians

Aboriginal Victorians

Richard Broome

Mythology

Die Regenbogenschlange - Vom spirituellen Reichtum der australischen Ureinwohner

Die Regenbogen-schlange - Vom spirituellen Reichtum der australischen Ureinwohner

C. Cerny

Mythen und Spiritualität der Aborigines

Mythen und Spiritualität der Aborigines

Ad Borsboom

Die Welt der Aborigines - Das Lexikon zur Mythologie der australischen Ureinwohner

Die Welt der Aborigines - Das Lexikon zur Mythologie der australischen Ureinwohner

Aboriginal author

Mudrooroo

Personal Reports and Experiences

Orphaned by the Colour of My Skin

Orphaned by the Colour of My Skin

Aboriginal author

Mary Terszak

My Bundjalung People

My Bundjalung People

Aboriginal author

Ruby Langford Ginibi

Dreamkeepers - A spirit-journey into Aboriginal Australia

Dreamkeepers - A spirit-journey into Aboriginal Australia

H. Arden

Last Truck Out

Last Truck Out

Aboriginal author

Betty Lockyer

Hey Mum What's a Half-Caste?

Hey Mum What's a Half-Caste?

Aboriginal author

Lorraine McGee-Sippel

The Rainbow Beach Man

The Rainbow Beach Man

The life of Les Ridgeway

John Ramsland

Life B'Long Ali Drummond

Life B'Long Ali Drummond

Aboriginal author

S. Faulkner,
A. Drummond

Seven Seasons in Aurukun

Seven Seasons in Aurukun

Paula Shaw

Yuendumu Everyday

Yuendumu Everyday

Yasmine Musharbash

Storymen

Storymen

Hannah Rachel Bell

Tripping Over Feathers

Tripping Over Feathers

Peter Read

This Is What We Said

This Is What We Said

Aboriginal author

various authors

Every Secret Thing

Every Secret Thing

Aboriginal author

Marie Munkara

I'm Not Racist But

I'm Not Racist But

Aboriginal author

Anita Heiss

Politics

Black Politics

Black Politics

Sarah Maddison

Spirituality & Poetry

The Lamb enters the Dreaming

The Lamb Enters The Dreaming

Robert Kenny

Samuel Wagan Watson: Smoke Encrypted Whispers

Smoke Encrypted Whispers

Aboriginal author

Samuel Wagan Watson

White Christ Black Cross

White Christ Black Cross

Noel Loos

Little Bit Long Time

Little Bit Long Time

Aboriginal author

Ali Cobby Eckermann

Textbooks, Teaching, Studies

Les Bursill and Mary Jacobs: Dharawal

Dharawal

Aboriginal author

Les Bursill and Mary Jacobs

The Way We Civilise

The Way We Civilise

Rosalind Kidd

Us Mob

Us Mob

Aboriginal author

Mudrooroo

Up From The Mission

Up From The Mission

Aboriginal author

Noel Pearson

The Little Red Yellow Black Book

The Little Red Yellow Black Book

Aboriginal author

Bruce Pescoe

First Australians

First Australians

Aboriginal author

Rachel Perkins, Marcia Langton

Gunya, Goondie And Wurley

Gunyah, Goondie and Wurley

Paul Memmott

Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia

Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia

Bill Arthur, Frances Morphy

Chloe Hooper: The Tall Man

The Tall Man

Chloe Hooper

Men's Business Women's Business

Men's Business Women's Business

Hannah Rachel Bell

The Australian National University has studies on particular themes or regions, or a series of articles on single subjects of contemporary Indigenous topics offered as free Indigenous books for download.

Travel books

Lonely Planet: Aboriginal Australia & the Torres Strait Islands - Guide to Indigenous Australia

Aboriginal Australia & the Torres Strait Islands - Guide to Indigenous Australia

Lonely Planet

Aboriginal Sydney

Aboriginal Sydney

M. Hinkson

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