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From Ravenshoe, these simple and wittily told stories are true moral fables from the Rainforest people of northern Queensland, nurtured through the rich traditions of a timeless understanding. The animal characters and the moon are drawn in a simple style. For ages 4-10.

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A man cannot be recognised as a warrior in the Torres Strait Islands until he survives a battle with a native enemy. Waii and Sobai are two brothers, famous as fighters. They share in killing trespassers or attackers. If they come upon a man untaught in fighting, their arrows dig into his chest.

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A traditional, bilingual story from Areyonga in the Northern Territory. A whimsical account of a young girl who spends her days chasing willy-willies. One day, the kupi-kupi spirits her far away to a waterhole, where she is guarded by a giant watersnake. Her bold rescue by the witchdoctor restores her to her family. Age 5+.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

This new edition is substantially redesigned, corrected and updated and coincides with the tenth anniversary of Magabala's first book. It offers a guide to identification of bush fruits of the West Kinberley and traditional preparation methods and uses of the plants as well as names of the plants and fruits in different Aboriginal languages.

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May Hunt, a Malyangapa woman from Milparinka, made a life for herself and her children when dust storms swirled off the Simpson Desert and gibber-covered plains shimmered in the midday heat. This title looks at the hardships of a nomadic family life, community relationships and the enduring struggle of a single mother with six children.

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A story of hardship and heartache in the rough Pilbara outback. This compelling memoir from Florence Corrigan, who grew up moving from camp to camp as her parents followed itinerant and contract work around remote stations, describes the harsh lifestyle they led with few luxuries.

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Iris Burgoyne, a Mirning and Kokatha woman from South Australia, tells of the grief and racism that her family have endured in their own lands. She recounts the age-old Aboriginal practices she grew up with and recalls mission life and years of hard work caring for her family.

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The little known story of life on and around the Kimberley's most notorious government-run station: the Moola Bulla Native Welfare Settlement, which was used for punishment, the removal of children, training, schooling and stock production.

(Hardback)

The children watch the moon instead of going to sleep, and find themselves in a sticky situation, moonglue, which even the Maban man cannot fix. This is a read-and-act-out book containing the play text. It is written by Kimberley Storyteller, Daisy Utemorrah.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Diana, a white Australian journalist covering Aboriginal affairs, and Ollie, a bureaucrat who was taken from her Aboriginal family in childhood and raised in an orphanage, tell the story of their deepening friendship, their political activism punctuated by wild partying, and their journey together t

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This novel's main characters are Fox, who has fled Australia following a possible murder charge and is in Irian Jaya fighting with freedom fighters, and his daughter Maree, who is trying to find him. Pascoe paints a vivid picture of the dispossession of the indigenous people of Irian Jaya and the fate of transmigrasi settlers.

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A novel by the award-winning writer set in a quiet fishing village on Bass Strait. It is told with wry humour, but tragedy strikes when the sea unleashes its fury. A set of characters who stick in the heart, including the solitary Fox, the canny Rooster Clark and the feisty Maree McConnell.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

George is a fantastic knitter, he can knit absolutely anything at all. But how will knitting help George when there's big trouble brewing George's hilarious exploits are complemented by striking, colourful and funky illustrations.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

A delightful story set in the small Queensland town of Flying Fish Point in the 1950s. When a young girl has nothing to wear to the school annual fancy dress carnival, she enlists the help of her family and has surprising results. Ages 4+. (SA: Year 3 - Year 5).

(Hardback)

This collection of stories captures the timeless quality of the oral tradition from coastal New South Wales and the Riverina into Victoria. Endorsed by the Burraga Aboriginal History and Writing Group, the stories include creation stories and cosmological insights.

(Paperback)

The author relives regimented days and mischievous nights as she shares the secrets of mission children, driven by their longing for family and home. This book won the FAW Patricia Weickhardt Award to an Aboriginal Writer, 1993, and was shortlisted NSW Premier's Literary Awards 1992.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)