Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous

The story of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's (Kath Walker's) relationships with several members of the Cilento family, and the life story of her son, Vivian Walker. Vivian's biological father was Rafe Cilento, eldest son of Sir Raphael and Lady Phyllis Cilento, but he wasn't openly acknowledged by his pater...

'How is it our minds are not satisfied? What means this whispering in the bottom of our hearts?' Listening to the whispering in his own heart, Henry Reynolds was led into the lives of remarkable and largely forgotten white humanitarians who followed their consciences and challenged the prevailing...

Bill Peasley and his associates travelled to the Great Sandy Desert in 1976. They brought into civilisation the last of the wild aboriginals who had, because of tribal laws, chosen to live a free life in the desert. This is the story of the expedition, the family, and earlier travels in that area.

The essays in this important book chart the progress in establishing the Aboriginal dimension as a proper part of Australian culture and history. From John Mulvaney's seminal contribution of thirty years ago, which was the first to show any awareness of the Aboriginal culture, through Peter Corri...

A David-and-Goliath story set in the ancient landscape of the Pilbara. In the space of just fifteen years, Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group has built a global iron-ore giant generating $19 billion in revenue a year. But in its rush to develop, FMG has damaged and destroyed ancient...