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Aboriginal books: People

Last updated: 25 June 2018

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Joan Martin (Yarrna) - A Widi Woman

A Widi Woman

Joan Martin (Yaarna)

Auntie Rita - Rita Huggins, Jackie Huggins

Auntie Rita

Rita Huggins, Jackie Huggins

Chris Woodland - Billy the Blackfella from Bourke

Billy the Blackfella from Bourke

Chris Woodland

Vivienne Rae-Ellis - Black Robinson: Protector of Aborigines

Black Robinson: Protector of Aborigines

Vivienne Rae-Ellis

Colouring the Rainbow - Blak Queer and Trans Perspectives

Colouring the Rainbow - Blak Queer and Trans Perspectives

various; Dino Hodge (ed.)

Billy Griffiths - Deep Time Dreaming

Deep Time Dreaming

Billy Griffiths

Doreen Kartinyeri: My Ngarrindjeri Calling

Doreen Kartinyeri: My Ngarrindjeri Calling

Doreen Kartinyeri, Sue Anderson

Peter McConchie - Elders

Elders - Wisdom from Australia’s Indigenous Leaders

Peter McConchie (photos)

Follow The Rabbit-Proof Fence - Doris Pilkington

Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence

Doris Pilkington (Nugi Garimara)

Zohl de Ishtar - Holding Yawulyu

Holding Yawulyu

Zohl de Ishtar

Tim Soutphommasane - 40 Years of the Racial Discrimination Act

I’m Not Racist But - 40 Years of the Racial Discrimination Act

Tim Soutphommasane

Ann McGrath - Illicit Love: Interracial Sex and Marriage in the United States and Australia

Illicit Love: Interracial Sex and Marriage in the United States and Australia

Ann McGrath

Nick Brodie - Kin

Kin - A Real People’s History of Our Nation

Nick Brodie

Lani Brennan - Lani's Story

Lani’s Story

Lani Brennan

Maybe Tomorrow - Boori (Monty) Pryor

Maybe Tomorrow

Boori (Monty) Pryor

Nura Nungalka Ward - Ninu Grandmothers' Law

Ninu Grandmothers’ Law

Nura Nungalka Ward

Bill Neidjie - Old Man's Story

Old Man’s Story

Bill Neidjie, Bill Lang

Paddy's Road: Life Stories of Patrick Dodson - Kevin Keeffe

Paddy’s Road: Life Stories of Patrick Dodson

Kevin Keeffe

Gordon Briscoe - Racial Folly

Racial Folly–A Twentieth Century Aboriginal Family

Gordon Briscoe

Ray Martin: Stories of My Life

Ray: Stories of My Life

Ray Martin

Riding The Black Cockatoo - John Danalis

Riding The Black Cockatoo

John Danalis

Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice

Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader’s Quest for Justice

Quentin Beresford

Ronnie - Tasmanian Songman - Ronnie Summers

Ronnie: Tasmanian Songman

Ronnie Summers

Liz Conor - Skin Deep

Skin Deep - Settler Impressions of Aboriginal Women

Liz Conor

Snake Circle - Roberta Sykes

Snake Circle

Roberta Sykes

Snake Cradle - Roberta Sykes

Snake Cradle

Roberta Sykes

Snake Dancing - Roberta Sykes

Snake Dancing

Roberta Sykes

Stan Grant - Talking to My Country - The Book That Every Australian Should Read

Talking to My Country - The Book That Every Australian Should Read

Stan Grant

Kurt Barling - The 'R' Word

The ‘R’ Word

Kurt Barling

Bronwyn Carlson - The Politics of Identity

The Politics of Identity - Who Counts as Aboriginal Today?

Bronwyn Carlson

The Wailing - Stuart Rintoul

The Wailing—A National Black Oral History

Stuart Rintoul (ed)

Henry Reynolds - This Whispering in Our Hearts

This Whispering in Our Hearts

Henry Reynolds

Henry Reynolds - This Whispering in Our Hearts Revisited

This Whispering in Our Hearts Revisited

Henry Reynolds

Ali Cobby Eckermann - Too Afraid To Cry

Too Afraid to Cry

Ali Cobby Eckermann

Various authors - Us Women, Our Ways, Our World

Us Women, Our Ways, Our World

Pat Dudgeon, Jeannie Herbert, Jill Milroy, Darlene Oxenham (editors)

Jenny Hunter - White People Are Nomads

White People Are Nomads

Jenny Hunter

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