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"Stolen Girl" By Trina Saffioti, Norma MacDonald (Illustrator)
Stolen Girl is a fictionalised account of the now universally known story of the Stolen Generations. It tells the story of an Aboriginal girl taken from her family and sent to a children’s home. Each night, she sings and dreams...
Murriyang: First Nation Girl Doll
These First Nation dolls are hand-painted by Jade McDonald, a Wiradjuri artist living on the NSW Central Coast. Jade carefully sources ethical Aboriginal textiles to craft the doll clothes, ensuring each piece is made with respect and integrity. Name: Murriyang...
Shirley Pearl: First Nation Girl Doll
Introducing the enchanting Shirley Pearl Doll, a beautifully hand-painted creation by Jade McDonald, a proud Wiradjuri artist. Inspired by her vibrant surroundings, Jade infuses each doll with the unique and lively spirit of her culture. Dressed in ethically sourced Aboriginal textiles,...
"The Land Recalls You" By Kirli Saunders, David Cragg (Illustrator), Noni Cragg (Illustrator)
Do not mourn the hands that raised you ... Do not weep for songs of land. Honouring the Stolen Generations, and all who've been taken, The Land Recalls You is a powerful story of returning, written with love and reverence by award-winning...
"The Cherry Picker's Daughter A Childhood Memoir: 2nd edition" By Aunty Kerry Reed-Gilbert
This second edition of The Cherry Picker's Daughter is an exquisite portrait of growing up Aboriginal on the fringes of outback towns in NSW in the mid-twentieth century. Its an important book for school libraries and classrooms, with profound insights into the...
"Too Much Lip" By Melissa Lucashenko
The unforgettable winner of the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Too much lip, her old problem from way back. And the older she got, the harder it seemed to get to swallow her opinions. The avalanche of bullshit in the...
"Stories for Simon" By Lisa Miranda Sarzin, Lauren Briggs (Illustrator)
A beautiful story of acknowledging the past and working together for a brighter future. When Simon unwraps a beautiful boomerang wrapped in an old newspaper, he learns of the national apology to the Stolen Generations. Who were the Stolen Generations...
"Sorry Day" By Coral Vass, Dub Leffler (Illustrator)
There was a hum of excitement.Flags flickered in the breeze as Maggie’s heart danced with delight.‘This is a very special day!’ her mother said.Maggie holds tight to her mother as they await the long anticipated apology to show a willingness...
"Talking Strong" By Leanne Holt
By the late 1960s, Indigenous education in Australia was in crisis. When Whitlam swept to power in 1972, his Labor government reached out to Indigenous people to guide change at a national level. The National Aboriginal Education Committee was the...
"What the Colonists Never Knew A History of Aboriginal Sydney" By Dennis Foley & Peter Read
What the Colonists Never Knew paints a vivid picture of what it was like to grow up Aboriginal in Sydney, alongside the colonists, from 1788 to the present. Dennis, the grandson of Clarice Malinda Lougher, the last practising matriarch of...
"Defying Empire: 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial" By National Gallery of Australia
Bringing together works by 30 contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across the country, Defying Empire commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum that recognised Aboriginal people as Australians for the first time. It explores the strength and resilience...
"The Stolen Children and their Stories" By Carmel Bird
Following the unprecedented demand for the Report on the stolen children which was published by The Human Rights and Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (HEROC), here are extracts from the Report which are mostly comprised of the actual stories told by...
Wayimaa: First Nation Girl Doll
These First Nation dolls are hand-painted by Jade McDonald, a Wiradjuri artist living on the NSW Central Coast. Jade carefully sources ethical Aboriginal textiles to craft the doll clothes, ensuring each piece is made with respect and integrity. Name: Wayimaa...
"Kunyi" By June Anne Mclnerney
Kunyi June Anne McInerney was just four years old when she and three of her siblings were taken from their family to the Oodnadatta Children’s Home in South Australia in the 1950s. Through an extraordinary collection of over 60 paintings,...
Mulbirrang: First Nation Girl Doll
These First Nation dolls are hand-painted by Jade McDonald, a Wiradjuri artist living on the NSW Central Coast. Jade carefully sources ethical Aboriginal textiles to craft the doll clothes, ensuring each piece is made with respect and integrity. Name: Mulbirrang...
"Long Yarn Short We Are Still Here" By Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts
A blockbuster memoir from one of Australia's most powerful voices, Long Yarn Short is the incredible story of a young woman's journey - from being stolen from her family as a child to becoming a top advocate for First Nations young people.At...
"Bobtail's Friend From The Desert To The Sea" By Rhonda Collard-Spratt & Jacki Ferro
Balharda the bobtail felt pretty in her necklace of wildflowers. But the Bidi-bidi butterflies laughed and said she was ugly. Who will be bobtail’s friend? In this Aboriginal Dreaming story, follow Balharda downriver from the desert to the sea and...
"Way Away" By Trish Butler, Elizabeth Hawkes (Illustrator)
Way Away is a gentle, powerful picture book that explores the emotional impact of displacement and disconnection from home, family, and culture. Inspired by real experiences of the Stolen Generations, it offers a poignant, child-appropriate entry point into important conversations...
"Brave Young Eagle" By Rhonda Collard-Spratt & Jacki Ferro
On Goonya-Wardu Country, Carnarvon, Western Australia, Walgathu the wedge-tailed eagle chick falls from his nest and then is scared to fly. The Nyingari zebra finch family take care of him. Walgathu goes in search of his eagle family — in...
"Growing up Wiradjuri" By Anita Heiss
Growing up Wiradjuri is a collection of personal stories by Wiradjuri Elders. The writers are Uncles and Aunties who came of age in New South Wales in the 1950s and 1960s. In a strong collective voice, they share the difficulties...
"The Welcome to Country Handbook: A Guide to Indigenous Australia" By Marcia Langton AO
The Welcome to Country Handbook by Professor Marcia Langton AO is your accessible introduction to First Nations Peoples, histories and cultures. Drawn from the bestselling Welcome to Country, this guide is essential reading for every Australian, and an excellent resource...