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Ngarla Songs
by Alexander Brown & Brian Geytenbeek
Ngarla Songs is a unique bilingual presentation of sixty-eight anecdotal songs composed by Ngarla people. They describe the thrill of the hunt, the wonder of whales and other events and life experiences as seen through Ngarla eyes. For the first time these cameos of everyday life in the Pilbara have been written down, translated and recorded in English…Read more »
Price $24.95
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Verandah Music
by Graham Seal & Rob Willis
The richness and diversity of traditional Australian music is brought to life by this combination of candid interviews, historical photographs and music. A remarkable community of musicians contributed to the book including professional folklorists, performers, collectors and producers, writers, scholars and teachersRead more »
Price $49.95
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Wool: The Australian Story - Special Offer!
by Roger McDonald & Amanda Burdon with photography by Richard Woldendorp, AM
It was once said that if the sheep station represented Australian autocracy, then the shearing shed was the true republic. Here, in 40 degree heat wrestling big wethers, every shearer is equal and judged only by their capacity for work.
The definitive history of the wool industry in wonderfully colourful and lively photographs and power word images.Read more »
Price $39.95
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It's Not the Money It's the Land
by Bill Bunbury
As a result of the 1965 Equal Wages Case Aboriginal people in Australia’s north were forced into unemployment and off their country into refugee camps on the fringes of towns. The outcome of a simple and just decision was a complex social, economic and cultural catastrophe. Lack of planning by the government, and a failure of communication with Aborigines…Read more »
Price $24.95
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Number Two Home
by Noreen Jones
The Japanese who migrated to Australia before 1901 were not only the prostitutes, pimps and pearlers of popular fiction. They were families, farmers and fishermen, entrepreneurs and itinerants. With determination and ambition many of them successfully established themselves in their new home. But the few who were granted citizenship were later stripped…Read more »
Price $24.95
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We'll be Married in Fremantle
by Julie Goyder
When an old man with Alzheimer’s Disease fell in love with a nurse who he seemed to confuse with his fiancee of long ago, sharing of stories enriched both their lives. The relationship enlivened ‘Joe’ and challenged the nurse, author Julie Goyder, to rethink her understanding of ‘people like Joe’. Their ‘storying’ moved well beyond protocol or politeness…Read more »
Price $24.95
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Broken Circles
by Anna Haebich
There was no single Stolen Generation, there were many and Broken Circles is their story. This major work reveals the dark heart of this history. It shows that, from the earliest times of European colonisation, Aboriginal Australians experienced the trauma of loss and separation, as their children were abducted, enslaved, institutionalised and culturally…Read more »
Price $35.00
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Broken Circles ebook
by Anna Haebich
There was no single Stolen Generation, there were many and Broken Circles is their story. This major work reveals the dark heart of this history. It shows that, from the earliest times of European colonisation, Aboriginal Australians experienced the trauma of loss and separation, as their children were abducted, enslaved, institutionalised and culturally…Read more »
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Fairly Obsessive
by Glen Phillips & Rod Mengham
‘I suppose it is true that poetry has “saved” — me in that it has focused a fairly obsessional personality. I tend not to do things by halves’—John Kinsella.
Essays on the works of John Kinsella by authors such as Dennis Haskell, Australia, Louis Armand, Czech Republic, Xavier Pons, France, Marjorie Perloff, USA and Peter Larkin, UK. Read more »
Price $24.95
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Rough with the Smooth
by B R Coffey
A collection of short stories, anecdotes and extracts from some of our best known writers. The selection includes a diverse range of stories about aspects of Australian men, from the rough to the smooth, the humorous to the profound. Among the writers included are Bruce Beresford, T A G Hungerford, A B Facey, Sally Morgan, Glyn Parry and Rampaging Roy…Read more »
Price $18.95
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Two-Hearted Numbat, The
by Ambelin Kwaymullina & Ezekiel Kwaymullina with illustrations by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Ten Tiny Things on Wilderness Society shortlist
Ten Tiny Things author Meg McKinlay was pleasantly surprised to be shortlisted for the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature, just one day after winning a Crystal Kite award.
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