Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous

Cage of Ghosts is a landmark publication. In this richly illustrated and thought-provoking book, photographer and writer Jon Rhodes takes the reader on a search for reminders of the almost invisible Indigenous presence in south-eastern Australia, where the impact of European settlement has been t...

Historically, photographs of Indigenous Australians were produced in unequel and exploitative circumstances. Today, however, such images represent a rich cultural heritage for descendants, who see them in distinctive and positive ways.

Cartwarra or what? Selected poems and stories is a compendium of Alf's works that span several literary genres, and is representative of an older generation of Blak writers who were survivors of the Stolen Generations. His poetry and short stories have been anthologised and published in various c...

"Welcome, children! Nangga! Nangga! Yakarti! Tonight will be our Ceremony. Our family gathers as the fire burns.The smoke rises up as we take it in turns . . .Then clapsticks tap - one, two, three - but a stick is missing! Where could it be?". -- Back cover.

The strength of family ties in Aboriginal communities is clearly evident when three-month-old Kerry and her brother lost both parents. Her father, Kevin Gilbert, later to become a famous activist, writer, painter and actor, killed their mother and was jailed for many years. Her father's sister, w...

For decades Helen Baldwin has been painting outback Australia and the Aboriginal people. Her travels have taken her throughout western New South Wales and to Alice Springs, Darwin, Yuendumu, Napperby, Mbunghara, Papunya, Kintore, Docker River, Areyonga, Maryvale and countless places in between. T...