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Biography & Autobiography

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BERESFORD, Quentin
Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice
RRP $39.95
Winner of the Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission, Arts Non-Ficton Award, 2006
One of the great Aboriginal leaders of the modern era, Rob Riley was at the centre of debates that have polarised views on race relations in Australia. Set against the tumultuous background of racial politics, explores Rob’s rise and influence as an activist. Raises profound questions about past, and current leadership on race.


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BROOME, Richard & Corrine MANNING
A Man of All Tribes: The Life of Alick Jackomos
RRP $39.95
This biography of Alick Jackomos captures a remarkable life with stories of diverse communities and ways of life now vanished from sight.

 

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CAMFOO, Tex and Nelly, & Gillian COWLISHAW (Ed)
Love against the Law: The Autobiographies of Tex and Nelly Camfoo
RRP $29.95
The stories of Tex and Nelly Camfoo intermingle to highlight the ambiguous social position  of Aboriginals living in the Northern Territory during this century...

 

life_blong 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
Mura Solwata Kosker: We Saltwater Women
RRP $24.50
Non-ASP Publication
Mura Solwata Koster provides invaluable insights into the struggle for Indigenous women's rights in the Torres Strait Islands — through the reflections of one of its outstanding pioneers...

 

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GOOLD OAM, Sally and Kerrynne LIDDLE
In Our Own Right: Black Australian Nurses’ Stories
RRP $33.00
Non-ASP Publication
These rare stories of humanity, warmth, dignity and triumph over exceptional odds illuminate Indigenous students and nurses as a precious cultural asset with much to contribute to the education and practice of nursing...

 

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HALL, Robert A.
Fighters from the Fringe: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders recall the Second World War
RRP $34.95
Thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people served their country during the Second World War and this book focuses on the experiences of six...

 

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HENTY-GEBERT, Claire
Paint Me Black
RRP $24.95
Finalist for the Northern Territory Chief Minister's History Book Award, 2005
Claire Henty-Gebert’s life is remarkable and inspiring. Born in the late 1930s, the daughter of a white settler and an Alyawarra woman, Claire was four years old when she was taken to the Bungalow mission in Alice Springs...

 

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HUGGINS, Rita and Jackie HUGGINS
Auntie Rita
RRP $22.95
(Reprinted 2005)
Rita Huggins told her memories to her daughter Jackie, and some of their conversation is in this book. We witness their intimacy, their similarities and their differences, the 'fighting with their tongues'...

 

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HORNER, Jack
Seeking Racial Justice: An insider's memoir of the movement for Aboriginal advancement 1938-1978
RRP $34.95
Seeking Racial Justice is, first and foremost, Jack Horner's personal account of his developing consciousness as a white player in the black theatre of Indigenous Australian affairs between 1957 and 1973, in particular, his work with FCAATSI...

 

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KABO, Vladimir
The Road to Australia
RRP $34.95
Russian ethnographer Vladimir Kabo's passion for more than 30 years has been the study of Australia's Indigenous people. Continually denied permission to travel abroad, he finally arrived in Australia in 1990 to start a new life...

 

doreen_kart 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
Paddy's Road: Life Stories of Patrick Dodson
RRP $49.95
In Paddy's Road, Kevin Keeffe brings us stories of Dodson's life woven from interviews, government archives and family stories. This source material and Keeffe's social and political analysis uniquely describes the life and the political, cultural...

 

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KENNEDY, Marnie
Born a Half-Caste
RRP $14.95
Marnie Kennedy was born in 1919 'on the bank of Coppermine Creek'. Her story takes us from her birthplace in western Queensland, to Palm Island where she grew up 'under the Act',...

 

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LENNON, Jessie and Michele MADIGAN (ed.)
I'm the One that Know this Country: The Story of Jessie Lennon and Coober Pedy
RRP $29.95
Matutjara woman Jessie Lennon takes readers on a journey through her life in the desert regions of South Australia —from travelling for traditional ceremonies as a child,...

 

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MUIR, Hilda Jarman
Very Big Journey: My Life as I Remember It
RRP $29.95
Very Big Journey is the life of a remarkable Australian. Wrenched from her family and impounded in a half-caste home, Hilda went on to raise a large family, survive Cyclone Tracy,...

 

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NAPANANGKA, Tjama Freda, Martingale Mudgedel NAPANANGKA, Kuninyi Rita NAMPITJIN, Payi Payi NAPANGARTI, Nanyuma Rosie NAPURRULA, Millie Skeen NAMPITJIN
Yarrtji: Six Women's stories from the Great Sandy Desert
RRP $37.95
Life stories interwoven with over 700 stunning photographs and reproductions form a journey with these women sharing their country and culture...

 

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READ, Jolly and Peter COPPIN
Kangushot: The Life of Nyamal Lawman Peter Coppin
RRP $34.95
A powerful and moving history in which Peter Coppin, or Kangkushot, remembers his life in Western Australia’s Pilbara region,...

 

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ROSSER, Bill
Return to Palm Island
RRP $24.95
In 1976, Bill Rosser visited friends on Palm Island and was shocked at the restrictions the Aboriginal people living there were forced to endure...

 

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SAUNDERS, Keith
Learning the Ropes
RRP $19.95
From the lean and terrifying days of the Depression in rural New South Wales to the exhilaration and excess of Australian boxing in the '60s and after, the life of boxer Keith Saunders has been extraordinary...

 

our_heart 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...

 

wizard_wire 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
Black Gold: The Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame
RRP $39.95
Black Gold honours all who have leapt the twin hurdles of racism and competition to realise their talents in the elite arenas of national or international sport...

 

reaching_back 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
Me and You: The life story of Della Walker as told to Tina Coutts
RRP $16.95
From the innocent laughter of childhood through to the joys and sorrows of adulthood, Della Walker's story is one of strength, courage, love and pride. A powerful and dramatic life account told by a natural storyteller...

 

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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.

 

growing_walgett 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...
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