Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park. With extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands and abundant wildlife, it evoked a country estate in England. Extended Description
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Each Sharing Our Stories titles focuses on one Indigenous Australian community. The opening of each book is built around a series of photographs describing the local community setting, and establishing the community in a particular place and time. Extended Description
From FIRST AUSTRALIANS: Plenty Stories series.
This series explores the histories, culture and identities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Through different models of storytelling, the reader will discover the experiences of people from the past and present and also how indigenous Australians have fought for rights and why they have a unique place in our society. Extended Description
Stories of the Dreamtime with the cultural history of the Kukatja people in the eastern Kimberley.
Winner of Eve Pownall Children's Book Council Award and NSW's Premier's Literary Award. Extended Description
This collection of short stories tell of Trev Brown's time as a teacher at the Angurugu School on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Extended Description
Each Sharing Our Stories titles focuses on one Indigenous Australian community. The opening of each book is built around a series of photographs describing the local community setting, and establishing the community in a particular place and time. Extended Description
Henry Reynolds is Australia's most eminent historian of indigenous/settler relations in Australia.
This book tells how generations of Australians grew up with a distorted and idealised version of the past - a vision of peaceful settlement.