In 1957, Ella Simon of Purfleet mission near Taree, New South Wales, applied for and was granted a certificate of exemption. Exemption gave her leg...

Historically, photographs of Indigenous Australians were often produced under unequal and exploitative circumstances. Today, however, such images r...

This is the first exploration of modern Australian social anthropology which examines the forces that helped shaped its formation. In his new work,...

In 1964, a group of 20 Aboriginal women and children in the Western Desert made their first contact with European Australians -- patrol officers fr...

This book offers a unique perspective on the life and making of this Aboriginal Western Arnhem clever man or marrkidjbu. Born at the end of the 19t...

Native title has dramatically altered the law and public policy in Australia. It has had a fundamental impact on social relations between Indigenou...

This collection traces the legacy of Richard Broome’s pathbreaking work in Aboriginal history by presenting innovative work that assesses and trans...

Intended primarily for managers of rock art in Australia, this manual covers such areas as deterioration processes, sources of damage, visitor mana...

"Convincing Ground" pulses with love of country. In this powerful, lyrical and passionate new work Bruce Pascoe asks us to fully acknowledge our pa...

This book tells the story of one of the first sustained campaigns for justice, land rights and self-determination and provides a superb example of ...

This book provides an introduction to the connections between Aboriginal people and the land that has sustained and nurtured them for generations. ...

Country women and the colour baris a timely corrective to established ideas about race relations in rural New South Wales by revealing the untold s...

Dhuuluu-Yala is a Wiradjuri phrase meaning 'to talk straight' and this book is straight talk about publishing Indigenous literature in Australia. I...

This book provides a solid understanding for readers of the key issues around native title from the minds of leading thinkers, commentators and sen...

Martin Nakata's book, Disciplining the Savages: Savaging the Disciplines represents the most focussed and sustained Indigenous critique of anthropo...

For too long Australia’s media has failed to communicate Aboriginal political aspirations. This unique study of key Aboriginal initiatives seeking ...

This collection of histories, in both written and illustrative form, from the women and men of Ernabella, in northern South Australia, tells the st...

'Lies, Lies, Lies', shouted the newspaper headlines following the Royal Commission decision into building the Hindmarsh Island Bridge. Doreen Karti...

This book tells a history of the Aborigines Advancement League, the oldest Aboriginal organisation in Australia. As both a welfare and activist bod...

Contemporary women artists of the Yirrkala community in Northeast Arnhem Land create a wide variety of art and craft, from feathered string for cer...

In an attempt to go beyond current explanations of Aboriginal drug abuse, which stereotype these people as 'victims', Brady focuses on understandin...

This is an easily readable book that explores how Indigenous men understand their lives, their health and their culture. Using conversations, stori...