Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous

A powerful memoir of a true Australian legend: stolen child, musical and lyrical genius, and leader. No one has lived as many lives as Archie Roach - stolen child, seeker, teenage alcoholic, lover, father, musical and lyrical genius, and leader - but it took him almost a lifetime to find out who ...

The 12 short life stories in Telling are grounded in First Nations storytelling traditions and reveal the diverse and complex nature of the experience of living in the wake of colonialisation. Telling fits with this year's NAIDOC theme, For Our Elders. It also speaks to the contemporary political...

The tale of a town, and of a nation. Returning after fifty years to the frontier town where he lived as a boy, Dean Ashenden finds Tennant Creek transformed, but its silence about the past still mostly intact. Provoked by a half-hidden account, Ashenden sets out to understand how the story of 're...

You won't find 'terraglossia' on Google, or in a dictionary. It's a word coined by acclaimed academic and award-winning author Dr Debra Dank in response to the first Europeans' description of Australia as 'terra nullius' - no one's land. These new arrivals, with their language born far away, sile...

From exploitation to independence this is a story of resilience that needed to be told. Marty Dodd's experiences and philosophy make a worthwhile addition to the growing literature of Aboriginal autobiography. As told in his own words, this is a remarkable story.

This book acknowledges the rescues of thousands of colonists by Aboriginal people from life threatening situations such as bush fires, floods, shipwrecks and being lost in the bush. It pays tribute to their knowledge, mercy and courage they showed by freely rescuing the invaders who sought to occ...

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...