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Coercive Reconciliation

Stabilise, Normalise, Exit Aboriginal Australia

Edited by Jon Altman (Director of the ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) and Melinda Hinkson (Lecturer in Anthropology at the ANU)

The book considers how the rhetoric of emergency excludes such questions as whether the past Howard government was complicit in the state of remote Aboriginal communities; how the approach to tackling child sexual abuse dovetails with the government’s broader goals in Indigenous affairs; the long-term effects of the government’s actions; and alternative responses to the Anderson/Wild report.

Paperback: $27.50
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This is What We Said

A collection of quotes from members of communities
directly affected by the Northern Territory Intervention
and other concerned Australians

""This Is What We Said'. The book puts on record some views about the NT Intervention that were expressed by Aboriginal people during the NTER consultations between June and August last year.

"We feel that it is very important that these views are heard.. It is our belief that Government failed to listen to what was said by Aboriginal people and this is now evident by the legislation that is currently before Parliament" Michelle Harris

$17 including packaging and postage
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Portraits From a Land Without People

John Ogden

A pictorial history of Aboriginal Australia 1847-2008

The images compiled for Portraits from a Land Without People are but a window into the Indigenous society. The challenge for those who read this collection is to look beyond the window and gaze into the heart and soul of the nation. - Patrick Dodson

This collection of photographs is a catalogue of past wrongs, a celebration of Aboriginal empowerment and a testament to Aboriginal survival. - Larissa Behrendt

Every face in this wonderful book tells a story that adds up to an extraordinary portrait of Australia ... a long-overdue history of Indigenous Australia through photograph. - Louis Nowra.

The book has an authenticity that dwarfs most attempts in film, television and print to tell the Aboriginal story of the last two centuries. It is a raw story. It stands on its own and yet pays its respect to so many others who looked through a lens along this long road. - Jeff McMullen

Portraits from a Land Without People is the most comprehensive anthology of photographs to document Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island culture yet produced. It charts the photographic history of Indigenous Australia from the first photographs by Douglas T. Kilburn in 1847 through to the Prime Ministers 'Apology' in 2008.

All proceeds from this project will go to the Jimmy Little Foundations national programme dedicated to improving Indigenous health, particularly kidney disease. Jimmy Little has dedicated himself to making a positive contribution to Indigenous health in remote areas where kidney failure runs as much as fifty times the national average.

Hardcover: $120.00
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Seven Seasons in Aurukun

Paula Shaw

A well-crafted memoir of a young woman who spent two years teaching at the school at Aurukun in Cape York paints a colourful picture of life in a remote Aboriginal community in the sweltering tropics.

Seven Seasons in Aurukun is the runner up to the 2007 Iremonger Award for Writing on Public Issues.

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Yuendumu Everyday

Yasmine Musharbash

Yuendumu Everyday explores intimacy, immediacy and mobility as the core principles underpinning contemporary everyday life in a central Australian Aboriginal settlement.

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Possession: Settlers, Aborigines and Land in Australia

Bain Atwood

Tells the fascinating story of the only treaties ever made between settlers and Aboriginal people in Australia.

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Back on the Block

Bill Simon, Des Montgomerie and Jo Tuscano.

Stolen, beaten, deprived of his liberty and used as child labour Bill Simon has turned his life around and in Back on the Block, he hopes to help others do the same. These days Bill works on the other side of the bars, helping other member of the Stolen Generations find a voice and their place; finally putting their pain to rest.

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Hey Mum, What’s a Half Caste?

Lorraine McGee-Sippel

McGee-Sippel aligns herself with the Stolen Generations as she reveals the far-reaching effects of a government policy that saw her adoptive parents being told their daughter was of Afro-American descent.

ANTaR is very pleased to support Lorraine McGee-Sippel's new book, ‘Hey Mum, What's a Half-Caste?‘, Lorraine has been a long time supporter of ANTaR - coming on board in 1997.

’The raw honesty in Lorraine’s words and her immeasurable generosity in baring her heart and soul will inspire readers. Through a life of heartache, confusion and unknowing, Lorraine has emerged as a woman of substance and strength.’ - Dr Anita Heiss, author and cultural activist

'Incandescent, emotional, tragic and challenging’ - Marcia Langton

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Black Politics - Inside the Complexity of Aboriginal Political Culture

Sarah Maddison

Drawing on extensive interviews with activists and politicians, Black Politics explains the dynamics of Aboriginal politics. It reveals the challenges and tensions that have shaped community, regional and national relations over the past 25 years.

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The window seat and other stories

The Window Seat

Archie Weller

The Window Seat is a collection of his best short fiction - some award-winning and some previously unpublished. It is both a retrospective and a tribute to his place in Australian literature.

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Little Red, Yellow, Black Book

This book provides an Introduction to Indigenous Australia.

An accessibly written and well-illustrated pocket-sized guide, it’s an invaluable introduction for everyone: adults who want to learn what they weren’t taught at school, migrants, tourists, institutions and departments, schools, and trainers.

Content includes Who Are We? (land, family, population, flags); Society and Culture (culture, arts, sport, learning two-ways, participation: education and employment; health, governance) and Resistance and Reconciliation (early resistance; missions, reserves and stations; activism and representation; reconciliation and celebration).

Paperback: $14.95
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Gone for a Song

Jeff Waters

In Gone For A Song, journalist Jeff Waters follows the story of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island in 2004.

Waters uncovers with depth Doomadgee’s contentious arrest, botched investigations and the legal and political scandals which followed.

"I was working as a journalist in Brisbane when Mulrunji died, and spent two years covering much of that fallout. But when I left Queensland, I couldn't let go of the story. There was so much unfinished business." - Jeff Waters

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Fight for Freedom and Liberty

John Maynard

Who and what was the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (AAPA)? Their demands still resonate today: Aboriginal rights to land, preventing Aboriginal children being taken from their families, and defending a distinct Aboriginal cultural identity.

John Maynard, Professor of Aboriginal Studies at Newcastle University, looks inside the first successful all-Aboriginal activist group, and the reasons it was stopped by political forces.

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Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists

Vivien Johnson

In this stunning book illustrated with numerous candid photographs and key artworks, Johnson has compiled biographies of the lives of over 200 Western Desert painters from the world – the acclaimed Papunya Tula Artists.

It showcases the importance of what they share: family and country, significant sites, tjukurrpa and life histories.

Hard cover: $99.95
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Conversations With the Mob

Megan Lewis

In 2002, Walkley Award wining photojournalist Megan Lewis wen to tlive with the Martu people.

This is a stunning collection of photographs and oral stories capturing the beauty, humour, sadness and friendship of an Aboriginal tribe at odds with western culture.

Hard cover: $50.00
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Tolerance, Prejudice and Fear

Christos Tsiolkas, Gideon Haigh, Alexis Wright

Three acclaimed writers explore the crucial issues facing contemporary Australia: fear, prejudice and tolerance.

Christos Tsiolkas questions why the notion of tolerance has replaced the language of justice, equality and rights in today's political vocabulary.

Gideon Haigh traces the phenomenon of nationalism from its enlightenment origins through its fascist excesses and examines how Australia arrived at its own sense of nationhood.

Alexis Wright asserts that Australia's lack of tolerance and adoption of prejudice as patriotism has led to a fear that paralyses both Aboriginal and white Australians.

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Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature

Edited by Anita Heiss and Peter Minter

An authoritative collection of Australian Aboriginal writing over two centuries, across a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres.

Including some of the most distinctive writing produced in Australia, it offers rich insights into Aboriginal culture and experience.

This volume is extremely significant from an Indigenous cultural perspective, containing many works that afford the reader a treasured insight into the Indigenous cultural world of Australia. - From the foreword by Mick Dodson

Anita Heiss & Peter Minter won a DEADLY award for outstanding Achievement in Literature for this book.

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14 Years of Hell

Bonney Djuric

Hay Girls Institution was a place of extreme dehumanizing disciple and control. Established in 1961 as an annex of the Parramatta Girls Home under the management of the NSW Child Welfare Department it remained a State secret until 2003 when featured on the ABC Stateline program.

In 2007 thirty six former inmates together with their friends and family returned to Hay for a reunion. 14 Years of Hell documents this journey and contains nine personal accounts of the experience of incarceration within this institution together with historical notes and references.

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A is for Aunty

Elaine Russell

A is for Aunty by Aboriginal artist and authour Elaine Russell. Childhood memories of life on the mission at Murrin Bridge – emus, billycart racing and picking quandongs.

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The Shack that Dad Built

Elaine Russell

When Elaine was five her Dad built her family a shack just outside the Aboriginal mission at La Perouse. Elaine illustrates what like was like for an Indigenous kid on the urban fringes - memories of hide-and-seek and hunting for bush tucker.

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From Little Things Big Things Grow

Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody

The iconic Australian song - "our anthem of hope" - appears here for the first time as a beautiful book for the young, and young at heart - which is to say, all of us.

Featuring the inspirational words from Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody, the riveting paintings of Peter Hudson, and the the sweet wild artwork of Gurindji schoolchildren from Kalkaringi, NT, this book will light up rooms and hearts all over Australia.

All profits will be donated to arts and literacy projects for the Gurindji children, in memory and celebration of one of the greatest moments of courage and peace in our history.

Paperback: $19.95
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The Lizard Gang

Kirra Somerville, Grace Fielding

Meet Zed, Boo, Eliza and Zoro - a spirited gang of Monitor Lizards who learn the meaning of teamwork when they band together to escape a raging flood. Written by 12-year-old Kirra Somerville and illustrated by award-winning artist, Grace Fielding.

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The Legend of the Seven Sisters: A Traditional Aboriginal Story from Western Australia

May L. O’Brien, Sue Wyatt

As you look up into the sky at night you can see many stars and for the Wongutha people of Western Australia seven of those stars are the ‘seven sisters’. The sisters were beautiful women who used to visit the earth and wander the land.

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Sam’s Bush Journey

Sally Morgan, Bronwyn Bancroft, Ezekiel Kwaymullina

Sam’s Journey is brimming with themes and ideas that will promote discussion amongst young readers including; journeys, the environment, storytelling, aboriginal knowledge of the bush and intergenerational knowledge. But best of all, Sam realises through his own journey that the bush has an abundance of good things on offer - including adventure!

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Bangu the Flying Fox: A Dreamtime story of the Yuin people of Wallaga Lake

Jillian Taylor, Penny Jones, Aaron Norris

This beautifully illustrated story, from the Yuin people of Wallaga Lake, New South Wales, tells the tale of Bangu the Flying Fox, and the lesson she learns about sticking by her friends. With the permission of the elders of Wallaga Lake, their people's story is retold in this form so that children everywhere can share it and learn from it.

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A set of 3 Bronwyn Bancroft books

For the special price of $45 (Normal retail value $55)
- Possum and Wattle: My Big Book of Australian Words($ 25)
- An Australian 123 of Animals ($14.95)
- An Australian ABC of Animals($14.95)

Bronywn Bancroft’s latest book Possum in the Wattle is a lavishly illustrated word book of Australia. With over 100 words about Australian animals, plants and landscapes including blossoms and bees through to wombats and willy willys. This book is designed to intrigue, captivate and nurture young inquisitive minds and to celebrate the uniqueness of Australia and its words. An alphabet book of Australian animals lavishly illustrated by renowned Aboriginal artist, Bronwyn Bancroft.

These items sold out last year so get your order in quickly if you don't want to miss out!

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Anna the Goanna and other poems

Jill McDougall and Jenny Taylor

Cheeky dogs, slippery snakes and crocodiles with big smiles join Anna in this collection of lively illustrated poems. Anna the Goanna provides rare insight into the richly textured lives of contemporary Indigenous children.

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Down River: The Wilcania Mob Story

Melinda Collie Holmes

Down River traces 5 young boys from a makeshift recording studio in a town long forgotten, to centre-stage in front of 20,000 fans at the Homebake Music Festival in December 2002. In doing so, it gives us privileged insights into Barkandji country and some of the people living there.

An inspriational book for young teens!

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Joshua and the Two Crabs

Joshua Button

Joshua Button is a young Indigenous author with a keen interest in the saltwater country he has grown up in. His observations of his family’s fishing trip to Crab Creek give us a unique opportunity to see this adventure through his eyes.

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Bilby and the Bushfire

Joanne Crawford and Grace Fielding

Boom Boom Boom!!

Dark clouds were gathering in the sky above the bushland where Bilby and his friends lived. It had been a hot and windy day, and a storm was brewing. What danger confronts Bilby?

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My Mob Going To The Beach

Sylvia Emmerton and Jaquanna Elliott

This children’s picture story book traces a family walking trip from the suburbs to the beach. It is based on Sylvia’s own childhood experiences of the fifties but it is much more than just that.

The words and pictures are compiled into an engaging lyrical story.

Paperback: $17.00
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Walking with the Seasons in Kakadu

Diane Lucas

This sumptuous book invites us to closely observe the birds, plants and animals that inhabit the unique enviroment of Kakadu through an understanding of the six Aborignal seasons and their characteristics. Shortlisted for The Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing.

Paperback: $16.95
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