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No footprints in the bush No footprints in the bush Arthur William Upfield Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte arrives in the outback to investigate the murder of two aborigines and is witness to the murder of a senior police officer, whose car is bombed by a mysterious airplane. OL10537533W
Boomerang Hunter Boomerang Hunter Jim Kjelgaard An Aboriginal youth and his wild dog seek food for their hungry tribe whose lands are ridden with drought. OL1256781W
Land of the Rainbow Snake Land of the Rainbow Snake Catherine Helen Berndt Boys turn into fish, a wild woman and her giant dog look for people to eat, and other wonders occur in these twenty-seven traditional stories from the aborigines of western Arnhem Land, in the Northe… OL1292899W
Pheasant and kingfisher Pheasant and kingfisher Catherine Helen Berndt Two men escape from danger by turning into birds in this aboriginal myth from Australia which explains how the pheasant and kingfisher came into our world. OL1292902W
Australian legendary tales Australian legendary tales K. Langloh Parker A neighbour of mine exclaimed, when I mentioned that I proposed making a small collection of the folk-lore legends of the tribe of blacks I knew so well living on this station, "But have the blacks a… OL1353279W
Walkabout Walkabout Gillian Porter Ladousse,James Vance Marshall,Jim Alderson Mary and her young brother Peter are the only survivors of an aircrash in the middle of the Australian desert. Facing death from exhaustion and starvation, they meet an aboriginal boy who helps them … OL1396636W
Texas Texas Sarah Hay The compelling new novel of life, land and love in the Top End by Sarah Hay, winner of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for her first novel, Skins in 2001.When did it all start? This feeling of be… OL15186184W
The Bone Readers The Bone Readers Claudio Tuniz Eminent scientists set the record straight for readers puzzled by the myriad of claims and counterclaims about Australia's prehistory, arguing that many popular theories are based on misinterpretatio… OL15189448W
Gunshot Road Gunshot Road Adrian Hyland The new pacy read from the author of Diamond Dove, in which the fantastic Emily Tempest becomes a cop and has to investigate the death of an old friend. OL15531530W
An aboriginal family An aboriginal family Rollo Browne An eleven-year-old Aboriginal girl describes her life with her family on a former cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. OL15851585W
Uluru, Australia's Aboriginal heart Uluru, Australia's Aboriginal heart Caroline Arnold Describes Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, in Australia's Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, its plant and animal life, and the country's Aboriginal people for whom the site is sacred. OL15853419W
Australia Australia Anne Wallace Sharp Discusses the historical origins, beliefs, arts, family life, cultural clashes with whites, and future hopes of the aboriginal people of Australia. OL16052328W
Folk tales & fables of Asia & Australia Folk tales & fables of Asia & Australia Barbara Hayes,Robert R. Ingpen Presents seventeen stories from the peoples of Asia as well as from the Australian aborigines and the Maori, including "Baba Yaga and the Stepdaughter," "The Bridge of Magpies," "Rainbow Serpent," an… OL16061506W
The biggest estate on earth The biggest estate on earth Bill Gammage "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 es… OL16302653W
Story From The Billabong Story From The Billabong James Vance Marshall Ten ancient legends of the Yorta-Yorta people -- one of Australia's Aboriginal tribes, are retold here. You will discover how Great Mother Snake created and peopled the world with plants and creature… OL16551403W
Dreamtime superhighway Dreamtime superhighway Jo McDonald "Dreamtime superhighway presents a thorough and original contextualization of the rock art and archaeology of the Sydney Basin. By combining excavation results with rock art analysis it demonstrates … OL16917975W
Transgressions Transgressions Mark Hannah,Ingereth Macfarlane "This volume brings together an innovative set of readings of complex interactions between Australian Aboriginal people and colonisers. It has its origins in 2003 when Mark Hannah, then a doctoral st… OL16976787W
Forgetting Aborigines Forgetting Aborigines Chris Healy "How is it that Aboriginality seems to appear and disappear in public culture? One of the key ways in which this happens is through some strange and repetitive patterns of forgetting and remembering:… OL17562865W
Sarah Thornhill Sarah Thornhill Kate Grenville Sarah is the youngest child of William Thornhill, an uneducated ex-convict from London who has built his fortune on the blood of Aboriginal people. With a fine stone house and plenty of money, Thornh… OL17786568W
Seeing the first Australians Seeing the first Australians Tamsin Donaldson,Ian Donaldson First sight / Ian Donaldson & Tamsin Donaldson -- The first European depictions / Bernard Smith -- Reactions on Cook's voyage / Glyndwr Williams -- Savage sportsmen / James Urry -- The Darwinian pers… OL17821710W
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