Biography & Autobiography
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BERESFORD, Quentin |
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BROOME, Richard & Corrine MANNING |
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CAMFOO, Tex and Nelly, & Gillian COWLISHAW (Ed) |
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FAULKNER, Samantha with Ali DRUMMOND Life B’long Ali Drummond: A Life in the Torres Strait RRP $24.95, July 2007 By any standards Ali Drummond has led an extraordinary life. Orphaned young, Ali took to sea aged fourteen. Originally an apprentice, Ali learned from Japanese divers and became an expert diver for pearl shell, trochus and bêche de mer. |
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GAFFNEY AM, Ellie |
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GOOLD OAM, Sally and Kerrynne LIDDLE |
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HALL, Robert A. |
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HENTY-GEBERT, Claire |
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HUGGINS, Rita and Jackie HUGGINS |
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HORNER, Jack |
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KABO, Vladimir |
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KARTINYERI, Doreen & Sue ANDERSON Doreen Kartinyeri: My Ngarrindjeri Calling RRP $34.95 ‘Lies, Lies, Lies’ shouted the newspaper headlines following the Royal Commission decision into building the Hindmarsh Island Bridge. Doreen Kartinyeri,... |
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KEEFFE, Kevin |
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KENNEDY, Marnie |
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LENNON, Jessie and Michele MADIGAN (ed.) |
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MUIR, Hilda Jarman |
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NAPANANGKA, Tjama Freda, Martingale Mudgedel NAPANANGKA, Kuninyi Rita NAMPITJIN, Payi Payi NAPANGARTI, Nanyuma Rosie NAPURRULA, Millie Skeen NAMPITJIN |
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READ, Jolly and Peter COPPIN |
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ROSSER, Bill |
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SAUNDERS, Keith |
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SHAW, Bruce Our Heart is the Land: Aboriginal Reminiscences from the Western Laske Eyre Basin RRP $29.95 This timely collection of Aboriginal life histories provides a glimpse of a world about which little has been published previously. Focusing on themes such as... |
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ST LEON, Mark The Wizard of the Wire: The story of Con Colleano RRP $29.95 The grandson of a freed convict and an Aboriginal woman, Con Colleano grew up in an era of antimiscegenation and repressive control of Aboriginal people. Despite this, he became one of the greatest tightrope performers ever known. Dubbed 'the Wizard of the Wire',... |
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TATZ, Colin & Paul TATZ |
| THOMSON, Judy (ed) Reaching Back: Queensland Aboriginal people recall early days at Yarrabah Mission RRP $19.95 Taking us back to Yarrabah Mission, two generations of Aboriginal people relive the days in Queensland under the Act... |
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WALKER, Della |
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Wilcannia kids Down River: The Wilcannia Mob Story RRP $24.95, April 2008 In August 2002 the song ‘Down River’ became an overnight hit. Five boys, aged 8 to 12, had recorded their own rap lines to a simple didgeridoo beat. Music lovers across Australia were rapt. |
| ZAGAR, Cilka (ed) Growing up Walgett: Young members of the Walgett Aboriginal Community speak out RRP $22.95 A group of young Aboriginal people of Walgett share with us their views, their ideas and their experiences growing up in a small rural town... |












