The remarkable life story of Monty Walgar a Yamaji born in the Muchison area of Western Australia. Walgar recounts his experiences of drinking, rehabilitation, release and drinking again until the mid-eighties when he finally succeeds in staying sober for good. Extended Description
Award winning novelist Kim Scott has joined forces with his Kayang, his elder, Hazel Brown to write their Noongar family history. It's a story that remembers a personal and intimate history of the Noongar country of Western Australia, in the South East of the state. Extended Description
Lowitja O'donoghue's story as told to Joan Cunningham and Karen Jennings. Her story puts a human face to complex issues facing Australia today, such as reconciliation and the stolen generation.
An unprecidented insight into a man's precarious journey from traditional beginnings, in the Kimberley bus under the protection of ancient, ancestral rock paintings, to life under the alien colonal system of Kalumburu Mission. an uninhibited welcome balance to the history books.Shortlisted for WA Premier's & NSW Premier's Litery Awards.
This journey, through one of the harshest terrains in outback Australia, tells of May Hunt, a Malyangapa woman from the Milparinka country, who made a life for herself and her children where the dust storms swirled out of the Simpson Desert, and the gibber covered plains shimmered in the midday heat.
Photographs of Koonibba Mission life, from the Lutheran Archives, vividly illustrate Iris Burgoyne's experience of displacement of the Mirning and Kokatha people of the west coast of South Australia and the shores of the Great Australian Bight. It shows their determination to overcome oppression.
A rare, personal insight into the traditional teachings of an elder of the Yuin people (South Coast, NSW). Uncle Max, as he is widely known, has been sharing his cultural knowledge for over 30 years - in that time taking more than 6000 people from all walks of life onto country and explaining Aboriginal ways. Extended Description
Max Dulumunmun Harrison, or Uncle Max as he is widely known, is an Elder of the Yuin people, who lived throughout the south coast of New South Wales. He has been sharing his cultural knowledge for over 30 years and has taken over 6000 people from all walks of life onto country, explaining Aboriginal ways and the intricate understandings of the environment. Hardcover 160Pages
My Place is Sally Morgan's rich, zesty and moving story of her childhood and growing up in Perth, Western Australia. It tells how she gradually came to realise the truth about her family and their heritage. This edition has been adapted for younger readers.
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