Indigenous Stories

Everyone on the island is getting ready for Aunty's wedding. Maningawu puts on her best hat and I can wear a wurrijinga in my hair. Lucky! We all dress up, but I still don't understand. Why do people have a wedding? A warm family story that celebrates love and culture from actor, activist, writer...

Baby Business tells the story of the baby smoking ceremony that welcomes baby to country. The smoke is a blessing - it will protect the baby and remind them that they belong. This beautiful ritual is recounted in a way young children will completely relate to. Jasmine Seymour is a Darug woman and...

"Kookaburra comes to laugh. Finch flies in to take a bath". Meet some of Australia's birds that you can see in backyards.

Long, long ago, after the Dreaming, two Yuin boys go exploring on a bidhu (mountain) in search of food. They meet with animals of the bagan (land), barra barra (sea) and (mirriwarr) sky, who teach them about being on Country, connecting to the land and to each other. Written by two boys aged 12 a...

Award-winning, bestselling Indigenous creator Helen Milroy is a master storyteller, and her vibrant digital artwork captures the colours of Country in her picture book, The Boab Tree. Little Boab is lost and far, far from home. Surrounded by tall, unfriendly trees, he feels all alone. But the fri...

A warm and witty tale about a hungry crow who has to be very clever when he is searching for food. Clever Crow is presented in English and Djambarrpuynu, one of the many Yolnu languages of the Indigenous people of North East Arnhem Land.

"Run to the creek, perch on a rock, slip into clear crystal water." A visual and lyrical depiction of coming home to country.

From the bestselling Indigenous creator Helen Milroy comes a new adventure about a girl with an incredible gift. Crow Baby was born with two spirits - one crow, and one human. Spending her time living across two worlds, she is content within her crow clan and her human family. But one day, a time...

This is the story of a family making their way back to Country on January 26. We see the strength they draw from being together, and from sharing stories as they move through a shifting landscape. The story refocuses the narratives around Australia Day on Indigenous survival and resistance, and i...

Discover the six seasons of the Noongar calendar in English and Noongar with emerging First Nations talent Ebony Froome and Leanne Zilm. This is the perfect picture book for parents, carers, teachers and librarians to share insights into the six Noongar seasons and learn some Noongar language. Dj...