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Dreamkeepers ARDEN, HARVEY (STAFF EDITOR AND WRITER, "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC", NEW YORK, USA)
United States HarperCollins Publishers Inc 1994 0060169168 / 9780060169169 1st Edition Hardback
16pp colour and 40 b&w photographs both book & dust jacket are in good condition 8vo from 6 3/4" to 9" tall Written by the co-author of "Wisdomkeepers", this book reveals the world of the Aborigines of the Kimberley region of Australia - "the land beyond goodby". Harvey Arden introduces readers to aboriginal men and women - rough-edged stockmen and gold hunters, storytellers and healers, poets and artists, spiritual elders and traditional Law Men - as the author searches for each of his subjects' "spirit-journey", and explains the ancient metaphysical concept of the "Dreamtime" - "the time outside of time in which the Ancestor Beings continuously sing the world into existence." What emerges is a close-up of a proud and courageous people who, despite all odds, continue the traditions of their ancestors, and an opportunity to visit a world 25,000 miles away that in most circumstances is totally inaccessible.
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Broken Circles HAEBICH, ANNA
Australia Fremantle Press 2000 1863683054 / 9781863683050 Soft Cover
illustrations, portraits A comprehensive and accessible overview and analysis of government policy and practice in relation to the removal of indigenous children in Australia. This major work - the first of its kind - traces events from the earliest abductions of children by colonists to the formalised removal and institutionalisation this century.
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Australian Dreaming ISAACS, JENNIFER
Australia Lansdowne Publishing Pty Ltd 1986 070181330X / 9780701813307 Hardback
colour illustrations Size 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall dust jacket is in good condition small tear to bottom of front foldin
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29.75 AUD
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Boomerang JONES, PHILIP
Wakefield Press. 2004 1862543828 / 9781862543829 Soft cover
Good , 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall To most Westerners, the boomerang is little more than a toy, a curiosity or a souvenir to purchase when visiting Australia. But for many cultures throughout the ages, the ability to use this instrument has meant the ability to control life and death. For more than 10,000 years, it has been used for hunting and fishing, fighting, producing music, and as a sacred object in religious ceremonies. Numerous boomerangs were found in King Tut's tomb. This book is a wonderful way to help young adults explore Aboriginal culture, learn about aerodynamics, and familiarize themselves with Australian
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Little Red Yellow Black Book PASCOE, BRUCE
Australia Aboriginal Studies Press 2008 0855756152 / 9780855756154 Paperback
colour & b/w photos Good Condition, nice clean copy great value 8vo - from 7 ¾" tall to 9 ¾" tall. An introduction to Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; their history and their cultures. Conveniently pocket-sized, its attractive design, lucid writing and beautiful illustrations provide a wide-ranging but accessible introduction to Indigenous Australia.
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Last Protector RAYNES, CAMERON
Australia Wakefield Press 2009 1862548048 / 9781862548046 1st Edition Soft Cover
Very Good Condition, nice clean copy great value 8vo - from 7 ¾" tall to 9 ¾" tall. The Last Protector presents a compelling argument that the South Australian government illegally took Aboriginal children from their parents during the years between 1939 and 1954. Adelaide historian Cameron Raynes draws on extensive archival records, the contents of which have never before been available to the public. 'This book is a great coffee-table book for animal lovers, visitors to the zoo, or one for the kids.' - Andrew Bull, the Independent Weekly
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Writing Never Arrives Naked: Early Aboriginal Cultures of Writing in Australia TOORN, PENNY VAN
Aboriginal Studies Press 2000 085575544X / 9780855755447 Soft Cover
Good , 8vo This enthralling new history of Aboriginal writing challenges conventional beliefs about how and when Indigenous authorship began. Within a short time of settlement, written texts were being exchanged as curiosities, and integrated into Indigenous graphic traditions and social life. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Aboriginal people used writing in community newspapers, in letters to colonial governors, in individualized and subversive translations of the Bible, and in political documents such as the Coranderrk petitions for Aboriginal rights. This writing involved a complex interplay of oral and literate traditions, which was attuned both to the strictures of traditional culture and the socio-political environment of the time. Writing Never Arrives Naked deals with real stories of how Indigenous Australians used writing and reading to negotiate a changing world, to challenge their oppressors, and to preserve country and kin. The book extends and deepens knowledge of Indigenous cultural and political history, while casting new light on present-day Indigenous literature and literacies.
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