Australian history
Book - Welcome to Country Handbook: Gde to Indi...
The Welcome to Country Handbook A Guide to Indigenous Australia By: Marcia Langton The Welcome to...
The Welcome to Country Handbook A Guide to Indigenous Australia By: Marcia Langton The Welcome to Country Handbook by Professor Marcia Langton AO is your accessible introduction to First Nations Peoples, histories and cultures. Drawn from the bestselling Welcome to Country, this guide is essential reading for every Australian, and an excellent resource for cultural awareness training in the workplace or classroom. The chapters cover precolonial and post-colonial history, language, kinship, kn...
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Book - Reconciliation Memoirs with Carol Innes
Reconciliation Memoirs with Carol Innesin conversation with Victoria Laurie Each year, Reconcilia...
Reconciliation Memoirs with Carol Innesin conversation with Victoria Laurie Each year, Reconciliation WA produces the memoirs of a long-standing champion in the reconciliation movement. This year Reconciliation WA sat down with Noongar leader Carol Innes AM, to present her Reconciliation Memoirs, written in collaboration with Victoria Laurie. Carol is a committed advocate for the reconciliation movement, and has made a significant contribution to the recognition, preservation, and advancement...
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Fire and Hearth: A study of Aboriginal usage and European usurpation in south-western AustraliaSy...
Fire and Hearth: A study of Aboriginal usage and European usurpation in south-western AustraliaSylvia J. Hallam , (Preface by) John Mulvaney Professor Sylvia J. Hallam FAHA has written a substantial Afterword to accompany a facsimile edition of her classic work from 1975, 'Fire and Hearth'. In the light of considerable interest in this subject we are thrilled to release this work of deep scholarship back for a new readership. This revised edition includes a Preface by John Mulvaney, and a fol...
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Reconciliation Memoirs with Fred Chaney
Reconciliation Memoirs with Fred Chaney in conversation with Victoria Laurie The Hon Fred Chaney ...
Reconciliation Memoirs with Fred Chaney in conversation with Victoria Laurie The Hon Fred Chaney AO’s commitment to social justice, and his belief in the equal value of all people, has driven a long and passionate career in advancing the reconciliation movement in Australia. The 2022 launch of the 'Reconciliation Memoirs with Fred Chaney' captures his handover notes from sixty years in the Reconciliation movement. Written by Victoria Laurie.
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Nyoongar Legacy: The naming of the land and the language of its peopleBernard Rooney The 'Nyoonga...
Nyoongar Legacy: The naming of the land and the language of its peopleBernard Rooney The 'Nyoongar Legacy' is the result of decades of research into Nyoongar language by the Rt. Rev. Bernard Rooney OSB, Emeritus Abbot of New Norcia. It is a study of the Indigenous place-names of the south-west of Western Australia, including over 300 Indigenous place names from the region. Each entry offers an interpretation of the source for a particular place and the possible or probable meanings. The book ...
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Nyoongar Boodja: Koomba Bardip Kooratan
Nyoongar Boodja: Koomba Bardip KooratanNyoongar Land: Long Story ShortFrancesca Robertson, Noel N...
Nyoongar Boodja: Koomba Bardip KooratanNyoongar Land: Long Story ShortFrancesca Robertson, Noel Nannup, Glen Stasiuk and Stephen Hopper A history of ancient Nyoongar land and people. An illustrated history of Nyoongar people and land from the Dreamtime to approximately 7,000 years ago. This work collates Nyoongar stories with geology and climate history.
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The Story of Australia: For the Young
The Story of Australia: For the Young (And the Curious)Don Watson A modern classic - Don Watson's...
The Story of Australia: For the Young (And the Curious)Don Watson A modern classic - Don Watson's history of Australia for children of the twenty-first century History told so well it gives us a better idea of who we are - and who we are likely to become. Don Watson's 'The Story of Australia' is a modern history of our nation that integrates new understandings about Indigenous Australia and looks to the future, asking- where will we go from here? In clear, succinct language that both children...
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Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia
Girt: The Unauthorised History of AustraliaDavid Hunt Girt. No word could better capture the esse...
Girt: The Unauthorised History of AustraliaDavid Hunt Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia. In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past, from megafauna to Macquarie - the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have made us who we are. 'Girt' introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of 'felony of sock', and Trim the cat, who beat a French monkey to become the first anima...
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Rottnest: Its Tragedy and Its Glory
Rottnest: Its Tragedy and Its GloryEdward Jack Watson Ned Watson's stories of life on Rottnest at...
Rottnest: Its Tragedy and Its GloryEdward Jack Watson Ned Watson's stories of life on Rottnest at the closing of the decades of the 19th century make fascinating reading. He was there during some of the island's tragic and colourful periods. No one alive could write with such authority or such understanding of the human suffering and triumphs of this period. The ghost stories and lighter side of island life are also entertainingly recorded. This well-illustrated book will be read again and ag...
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Sandalwood: The story of Western Australias San...
Sandalwood: The story of Western Australia's Santalum spicatumPamela Statham-Drew Sandalwood, gen...
Sandalwood: The story of Western Australia's Santalum spicatumPamela Statham-Drew Sandalwood, genus Santalum, is one of the most exotic and unforgettable woods in the world. It is a yellowish timber with an elusive fragrance that is a combination of floral, spicy and earthy aromas. The oil has been used as a perfume for centuries and is used now as a base by many iconic perfumes, such as Lanvin's Arpege and YSL's Yvresse. Cosmetic demand, however, pales in comparison with spiritual needs. Man...
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Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?: The Dark Emu DebateKeryn Walshe and Peter Sutton An authoritative s...
Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?: The Dark Emu DebateKeryn Walshe and Peter Sutton An authoritative study of pre-colonial Australia that dismantles and reframes popular narratives of First Nations land management and food production Australians' understanding of Aboriginal society prior to the British invasion from 1788 has been transformed since the publication of Bruce Pascoe's 'Dark Emu' in 2014. It argued that classical Aboriginal society was more sophisticated than Australians had been led t...
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Gum:The story of eucalypts and their championsAshley Hay No matter where you look in Australia, y...
Gum:The story of eucalypts and their championsAshley Hay No matter where you look in Australia, you’re more than likely to see a eucalyptus tree. Scrawny or majestic, smooth as pearl or rough as guts, they have defined a continent for millennia, and shaped the possibilities and imaginations of those who live among them. Australia’s First Nations have long knowledge of the characters and abilities of the eucalypts. And as part of the disruption wrought by colonial Australia, botanists battled...
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