Coral Dow
Social Policy Group
25 May 1998
Contents
Introduction
Reference Works
Art and Culture
Autobiography and
Biography
History
Reconciliation Issues:
Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Publications
Internet Sites
Introduction
National Reconciliation Week 27 May - 3
June 1998
'Communities Working Together'
National Reconciliation Week was initiated by
the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation in 1996 to provide a
special focus for nationwide activities to support the Council's
vision of 'a united Australia which respects this land of ours;
values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage; and
provides justice and equity for all.'
National Reconciliation Week is framed by two
significant dates in Australia's history which best symbolise the
hopes and aims for reconciliation:
27 May marks the anniversary of the 1967
Referendum whereby over 90 per cent of Australians supported the
removal of clauses from the Constitution which discriminated
against Aboriginal people.
3 June marks the anniversary of the High Court
of Australia's judgment in the 1992 Mabo case. The decision
recognised the Native Title rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples.
The theme for National Reconciliation Week 1998
is 'Communities Working Together' - a chance to explore
and acknowledge shared experiences, a shared heritage and to
understand and respect local indigenous people's culture. This
bibliography aims to recognise National Reconciliation Week by
providing a selection of recently published material which Senators
and Members and their constituents might use to gain a broader
understanding of indigenous culture and history.
Titles have been chosen from the Department of
the Parliamentary Library's holdings which gives a high priority to
the collection of resources relating to Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander issues. Consequently the Department of the
Parliamentary Library holds over two thousand monographs, CD-ROMS
and videotapes and subscribes to key journals and abstracting and
indexing services relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
affairs. The diversity of the resources is reflected in both
content and style and includes academic analyses, government
reports, community histories and autobiographies.
The political and public debates arising from
the 1992 Mabo and 1996 Wik High Court judgments have tended to
dominate the reporting, discussion and literature of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander affairs. The following bibliography is a
response to client requests for alternative works which highlight
Aboriginal and Torres Strait stories, art, culture and history and
which may have been overlooked in the debates surrounding Native
Title. The selection emphasises works in which indigenous
Australians share their knowledge, history and experiences and
attempts to represent the diversity of such experiences through
including works from a wide geographic range. It does not include
books on social issues such as health and education, or works
devoted to presenting a solely political stance, although it is
recognised that many of the works in the autobiography and history
sections will, by their nature, include such topics.
The bibliography is restricted to monographs
published in the last four years which are still in print and
readily available to the general reader.
REFERENCE
WORKS
ARTHUR, J. M. Aboriginal English: a
cultural study. Melbourne: Oxford University
Press, 1996. -- 264 p. Includes bibliography. ISBN:
0-19-554018-2
Catalogue item:[R 499.15 ART]
(Reference Books)
A major study of the vocabulary of Aboriginal
English which demonstrates some of the ways in which Aboriginal
people have made a European language their own. It is arranged
thematically around the experiences that shaped the language. It
shows how the values of traditional society were expressed in a new
language and how this language has become an important marker of
Aboriginal cultural identity.
As a matter of fact: answering the
myths and misconceptions about indigenous
Australians. Canberra: Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Commission, 1998. -- 71 p.: ill.; 30 cm. Includes
bibliography. ISBN: 0-642-32022-5
Catalogue item:[305.89915 f ASA
/copy 1] (Folio Books)
A concise and factual work on ATSIC, specific
programs, land, history and funding. Also available on ATSIC's
Internet site at http://www.atsic.gov.au
HORTON, David. (editor) The
Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander history, society and culture.
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Studies. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 1994. -- 2 v. (1340
p.): ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 28 cm. Includes bibliography.
ISBN: 0-85575-234-3 (set)
Catalogue item:[305.89915 f ENC
/copy 3] (Books)
This is the only single authoritative reference
work which covers all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander studies. It has 2000 entries, 1000 photographs,
illustrations and maps and is extensively cross referenced and
indexed.
The encyclopedia is also available on
interactive CD-ROM for computers running Windows. The user may move
through the resources geographically, chronologically and by
subject. It features the print version text and photographs as well
as 230 sound bytes (music and oral history) and 50 video clips.
HORTON, David. Aboriginal
Australia. Canberra: Australian Institute of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 1996. -- 1 map:
col.; 85 x 104 cm.
Catalogue item:[MAP CABINET 3
/copy 1] (Maps)
This map is derived from the Encyclopedia of
Aboriginal Australia and attempts to represent all the
language groups of the indigenous people of Australia.
THIEBERGER Nicholas and William MCGREGOR
(editors) Macquarie Aboriginal words: a dictionary of
words from Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
languages. [North Ryde, N.S.W.]: Macquarie
Library, 1994. -- 724 p.: maps. Includes bibliography. ISBN:
0-949757-79-9
Catalogue item:[499.15 MAC
/copy 2] (Books)
A collection of word lists from seventeen
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages which represent the
richness and variety of Australia's indigenous languages.
Background notes cover the history and culture of each language.
Words are indexed via indigenous language or English language.
ART and CULTURE
BAKER, L; Edith RICHARDS and the Mutitjulu
Community (N.T.) Mingkiri: a natural history of Uluru
by the Mutitjulu community. Alice Springs,
N.T.: IAD Press, 1996. -- 64 p.: ill. (some col.), col. map ; 17 x
22 cm. Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-949659-84-3
Catalogue item:[591.994291 MIN]
(Books)
The Anangu, who know and look after Uluru-Kata
Tjuta National Park, share some of their traditional knowledge of
seasons, climate, landscape, animals and plants. They also explain
their connection to the land through Tjukurpa (Law).
Ronald M. BERNDT; Catherine H. BERNDT and J. E.
STANTON. A world that was: the Yaraldi of the Murray
River and the Lakes, South Australia. Carlton, Vic.:
Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, 1993. -- 624 p.,
[20] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. Includes bibliography.
ISBN: 0-522-84427-8
Catalogue item:[305.89915 BER]
(Books)
This detailed ethnography covers all aspects of
the traditional life of the Yaraldi group of the Narrinyeri people
of the lower Murray River region of South Australia.
CARUANA, Wally. Aboriginal
art. London: Thames and Hudson, 1993. -- 216 p. :
ill. (some col.), map Bibliography: p. 209. ISBN: 0-500-20264-8
Catalogue item:[R 709.0110994
CAR] (Reference Books)
The first concise survey of Australian
Aboriginal art and artists.
CAWTE, John. Healers of Arnhem
Land. Sydney: UNSW Press, 1996. -- 137 p., [24] p. of
plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. Includes bibliographies.
ISBN: 0-86840-351-2
Catalogue item:[305.89915 CAW]
(Books)
An account of the interconnectedness of
traditional medical, religious and cultural knowledge displayed
through the healing rites of the Yolgnu clan of northeast Arnhem
Land.
COWAN, James. Wirrimanu: Aboriginal
art from the Balgo Hills. [Sydney]: Gordon and Breach
Arts International, 1994. -- 140 p.: col. ill., map: 29 cm.
Includes bibliography. ISBN: 976-8097-75-2
Catalogue item:[759.9941 f COW]
(Ground Floor Folio Books)
A survey of the Gugadja artists and their art.
The acrylic paintings reproduced in the book reflect both a secular
range of themes and the diversity of approaches and experimentation
in the art from Balgo Hills.
EIDELSON, Meyer. The Melbourne
dreaming: a guide to the Aboriginal places of
Melbourne. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies
Press, 1997. -- 161 p.: ill. (some col.), col. maps Includes
bibliography. ISBN: 0-85575-306-4
Catalogue item:[R 305.89915
EID] (Reference Books)
This guide offers a different way of exploring
the best of Melbourne. It describes Aboriginal places, both
historic and modern, whose locations have been mapped onto cycling
and walking maps.
FLOOD, Josephine. Rock art of the
dreamtime: images of ancient Australia.
Pymble, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson, 1997. -- 372 p.: ill. (some
col.), maps. Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-207-18908-0
Catalogue item:[709.0113 FLO]
(Books)
An introduction to the variety and richness of
Australian Aboriginal rock paintings and engravings known from over
100 000 surviving sites. It is written for Aboriginal people
wanting to know more about their cultural heritage, for the general
public and for students with an interest in rock art. It
complements Archaeology of the Dreamtime by the same
author, described below under History.
HOLMES, Sandra. Yirawala: painter of
the dreaming. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1994. --
160 p., [88] p. of plates: ill. (some col.) map, ports. (some
col.): 28 cm. ISBN: 0-86806-542-0
Catalogue item:[759.994 f HOL]
(Ground Floor Folio Books)
Yirawala asked the author to write this book so
that white Australia might understand the relationship between
ceremonial painting and Aboriginal religion and law. It includes
plates and explanations of the entire ceremonial series of 139
paintings now in the Australian National Gallery.
JONES, Philip G. Boomerang: behind
an Australian icon. Kent Town, S. Aust.:
Wakefield Press, 1996. -- 134 p.: ill. (some col.), col. map ; 17 x
22 cm. Includes bibliography. ISBN: 1-86254-382-8
Catalogue item:[305.89915 JON]
(Ground Floor Books)
This work draws on the world's largest boomerang
collection, housed at the South Australian Museum, to describe the
boomerang's traditional uses and its more recent appropriation by
western culture.
JOHNSON, Vivien. The art of Clifford
Possum Tjapaltjarri. [Tortola, BVI] : Gordon
and Breach Arts International, 1994. -- 177 p.: ill. (some col.),
maps, ports : 30 cm. Includes bibliography. ISBN: 976-8097-45-0
Catalogue item:[R 759.994 f
TJA] (Reference Books)
Comprehensive survey of the work of one of the
founders and leaders of the Western Desert art movement. Includes
sixty-three plates with detailed annotations.
JOHNSON, Vivien. Michael Jagamara
Nelson. East Roseville, N.S.W.: Craftsman
House, 1997. -- 167 p.: col. ill., ports. ; 29 cm. Includes
bibliography. ISBN: 976-641-013-5
Catalogue item: [759.994 f JOH] (Ground Floor
Folio Books)
Comprehensive study which documents the career
of one of Australia's best known artists. Tjakamarra's painting,
Possum and Wallaby Dreaming, was chosen as the basis for
the mosaic in the forecourt of Parliament House, Canberra. Includes
photographs and explanations of Dreaming sites depicted in the
paintings and forty-three annotated plates.
MATHEWS; Janet and Isobel WHITE. The
opal that turned into fire: and other stories from the
Wangkumara. Broome, W.A.: Magabala Books, 1994. --
180 p.: col. ill., maps Includes bibliography. ISBN:
1-87564-113-0
Catalogue item:[305.89915 MAT]
(Books)
A collection of stories which reflect the oral
tradition of Aboriginal storytellers from across New South
Wales.
MUDROOROO. The indigenous literature
of Australia = Milli milli wangka. South
Melbourne: Hyland House, 1997. -- 233 p. Includes bibliography.
ISBN: 1-86447-014-3
Catalogue item:[820.94 MUD]
(Books)
A wide-ranging critical survey of Australia's
oral and written literature. Special attention is given to the
various genres and the major Aboriginal writers of the last thirty
years - Oodgeroo, Lionel Fogarty, Kevin Gilbert, Jack Davis and
Mudrooroo. A comprehensive and controversial work which addresses
some of the key issues facing indigenous writers.
MUDROOROO. Us mob: history, culture,
struggle: an introduction to indigenous Australia.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1995. -- 242 p. Includes
bibliographies. ISBN: 0-207-18818-1
Catalogue item:[305.89915 MUD
/copy 1] (Books)
A collection of provocative essays ranging from
Aboriginal spirituality to politics, history, law, health and
education.
NAPALJARRI, Peggy Rockman and Lee CATALDI.
Yimikirli: Warlpiri dreamings and
histories. Canberra: Australian Institute of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies; New York:
HarperCollins, 1994. -- 193 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.).
ISBN: 0-06-066125-9
Catalogue item:[305.89915 YIM]
(Books)
A collection of fifteen stories from Warlpiri
elders recorded and translated for the first time. All reflect the
importance of the Jukurrpa, or Dreaming, as the basis for
Warlpiri culture and law.
NAPANANGKA, Tjama Freda. Yarrtji:
six women's stories from the Great Sandy Desert.
Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press for Australian Institute of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 1997. -- 204 p: col.
ill., col. ports. ; 31 x 27 cm. ISBN: 0-85575-260-2
Catalogue item:[305.89915 f
YAR] (Folio Books)
Yarrtji is the initiative of six senior Ngarti
and Kukatja women who live on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert in
Western Australia. By conveying their experiences, values and
connections to the land, the women want to share their life stories
with a wider Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal audience. The stories
are told in their own words and illustrated by 700 photographs.
ROSE, Deborah Bird. Nourishing
terrains: Australian Aboriginal views of landscape and
wilderness. Canberra: Australian Heritage
Commission, 1996. -- 95 p. : ill. Includes bibliography.
ISBN: 0-642-23561-9
Catalogue item:[305.89915 ROS]
(Books)
A study of indigenous peoples' relationships to
their country. Sacred geography, Dreaming ecology, land management
and the convergence of human and ecological rights are explained
and illustrated by examples in Aboriginal people's own words.
SAYERS, Andrew. Aboriginal artists
of the nineteenth century. South Melbourne, Vic.:
Oxford University Press, 1994. -- 162 p., [22] leaves of plates:
ill. Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-19-553392-5
Catalogue item:[709.011 SAY]
(Ground Floor Books)
This work brings together for the first time the
work of Aboriginal artists of the nineteenth century and
concentrates on the work of three men - Barak, Tommy McRae and
Mickey of Ulladulla. The drawings combine elements from both
Aboriginal and European cultures and are a valuable record of the
meeting of the two cultures.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
and BIOGRAPHY
BOHEMIA, Jack and Bill MCGREGOR
Nyibayarri: Kimberley tracker. Canberra:
Aboriginal Studies Press, 1995. -- 294 p: ill., maps, ports.
Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-85575-258-0
Catalogue item:[920 BOH]
(Ground Floor Books)
Jack Bohemia, Kimberley tracker, tells the
stories of his police tracking days to William McGregor. This is
the first autobiographical account of a police tracker to be
published and confounds many stereotypes of Aboriginal-white
interaction.
CHITTICK, Lee and Terry FOX.
Travelling with Percy: a south coast
journey. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press,
1997. -- 202 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 x 27 cm. Includes
bibliography. ISBN: 0-85575-320-X
Catalogue item:[920 MUM]
(Ground Floor Books)
A book of photographs by Lee Chittick with
recollections by many Aboriginal people about respected Aboriginal
elder, Percy Mumbler, of the Yuin people of the south coast of New
South Wales. A history of people, place and political
struggles.
HUGGINS, Rita and Jackie HUGGINS
Auntie Rita.. Canberra: Aboriginal
Studies Press, 1994. 160 p.: ill., ports. ISBN: 0-85575-248-3
Catalogue item:[920 HUG /copy
1] (Ground Floor Books)
This is the story of Rita Huggins, who grew up
on Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve. It is also the story of living
under the Queensland Protection Act and living as a single mother
in Brisbane in the 1960s. Her story includes daughter Jackie's
memories and responses to events.
LOOS, Noel and Koiki MABO. Edward
Koiki Mabo: his life and struggle for land rights.
St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 1996. -- 206 p.,
[28] p. of plates: ill., maps, ports. ISBN: 0-7022-2905-9
Catalogue item:[920 MAB]
(Ground Floor Books)
The life story of Edward Koiki Mabo told largely
in his own words to long-time friend, historian Noel Loos, who has
edited the book and supplied additional biographical and
descriptive material.
MCADAM, Charlie and Elizabeth TREGENZA
Boundary lines. Ringwood, Vic.: McPhee
Gribble, 1995. -- 231 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., maps, ports.
Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-86914-355-7
Catalogue item:[920 MCA]
(Ground Floor Books)
The story of Charlie McAdam and his family.
Three of Charlie's sons - Greg, Gilbert and Adrian - are well-known
Australian Football League players. This book recounts the lives of
the McAdams and describes how they have overcome adversity.
MCPHEE, Jack and Patricia KONIGSBERG
Bee Hill River man: Kandulangu-bidi: memories of Jack
McPhee. Broome, W.A.: Magabala Books, 1994.
-- 164 p.: ill., maps, ports. Includes bibliography.
ISBN: 1-87564-114-9
Catalogue item:[920 MCP]
(Ground Floor Books)
One of the oldest Nyamal speakers recalls his
life spent in and around the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Jack McPhee tells of the events and places that have shaped his
life and the many characters he has come across.
MARIKA, Wandjuk and Jennifer ISAACS.
Wandjuk Marika: life story. St. Lucia,
Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 1995. -- 176 p.: col. ill.,
col. map, col. ports. ; 28 cm. ISBN: 0-7022-2564-9
Catalogue item:[920 f MAR]
(Ground Floor Folio Books)
The autobiography of a great statesman, artist
and religious leader. Told in his own words to Jennifer Isaacs
whose photographs illustrate the text.
MORGAN, Eileen. The calling of the
Spirits. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 1994. --
171 p.: ill., map, ports. ISBN: 0-85575-255-6
Catalogue item:[920 MOR /copy
1] (Ground Floor Books)
Through poetry, prose and illustrations, Eileen
Morgan recounts her own life and the history of the Wallaga lake
area of southern New South Wales.
ST LEON, Mark. The wizard of the
wire: the story of Con Colleano. Canberra: Aboriginal
Studies Press, 1993. -- 220 p. : ill. (some col.), ports.,
facsims., geneal. table Bibliography: p. 216-220. ISBN:
0-85575-246-7
Catalogue item:[920 COL]
(Ground Floor Books)
The biography of one of the greatest tightrope
performers ever known. Con Colleano toured England, America and
Europe between 1920 and 1950 as one of a handful of top ranking,
highly paid circus artists.
SAUNDERS, Keith B. Myall
Road. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 1998. - 254
p. ISBN: 0-85575-314-5
Catalogue item:[920 SAU]
(Ground Floor Books)
Keith Saunders follows the success of his first
book, Learning the ropes, with another book about his
life, family and eventful experiences in Sydney in the 1950s and
1960s.
SYKES, Roberta B. Murawina:
Australian women of high achievement. Sydney:
Doubleday, 1993. -- 185 p. : ports. ISBN: 0-86824-436-8
Catalogue item:[305.89915 SYK
/copy 2] (Books)
Thirty-four women speak of their lives and their
achievements. An insight into how life has been, and is now, for
Australian women in general and Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander women in particular. Includes some women of high status
within their own communities whose achievements fall outside the
narrow European view of 'achievement'.
TATZ, Colin and Paul TATZ. Black
diamonds: the Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of
Fame. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen &
Unwin, 1996. -- 1 v.: ill., ports.; 30 cm. ISBN: 1-86448-065-3
Catalogue item:[796.0899915 f
TAT /copy 2] (Ground Floor Folio Books)
Biographies of the 129 indigenous Australians
who comprise the first Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame.
Representing twenty-five sports their achievements are part of
Australia's sporting history although most have gone unrecognized
by the general public. Includes an introductory essay on the
history of indigenous sport and the social and political context of
sporting success.
HISTORY
Aboriginal workers.
Edited by Ann MCGRATH; Kay SAUNDERS and Jackie HUGGINS. Sydney:
Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, 1995. -- 233 p:
ill., maps, ports. Includes bibliographies. ISBN: 0-909944-04-0
Catalogue item:[305.89915 ABO]
(Books)
A collection of papers published as a special
issue of Labour History which surveys the myths and
realities of Aboriginal work in the colonial period and twentieth
century. The collection includes the perspective of both Aboriginal
and non-Aboriginal historians and workers.
ATTWOOD, Bain. The 1967 referendum,
or when Aborigines didn't get the vote.
Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 1997. -- 155 p.: ill., ports.
Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-85575-311-0
Catalogue item:[305.89915 ATT
/copy 1] (Books)
This book aims to provide an appraisal of the
legal significance of the 1967 referendum and hopes to contribute
to public discussion of both the referendum and the bases of
discrimination against Aboriginal people. It includes a selection
of written documents and Aboriginal oral accounts about the
referendum and its significance.
CHAPMAN, Valerie and Peter READ (editors)
Terrible hard biscuits: a reader in Aboriginal
history. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin,
1996. -- 284 p.: ill., maps. Includes bibliographies.
ISBN: 1-86373-964-5
Catalogue item:[305.89915 TER]
(Books)
A selection of eleven papers previously
published in the journal Aboriginal History. The editors
selected papers which 'presented materials not widely known;
included Aboriginal people's accounts of their experiences; dealt
with events in widely separated parts of the continent and together
presented a progression in time through two hundred years since the
European invasion.'
CHESTERMAN, John and Brian GALLIGAN.
Citizens without rights: Aborigines and Australian
citizenship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1997. -- 277 p. Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-521-59751-X
Catalogue item:[305.89915 CHE
/copy 1] (Books)
A political and institutional history focusing
on the constitutional system, legislation, regulations and public
administration. It explores how Aborigines have been excluded from
certain rights and includes discussion of recent issues such as
self-determination and the Mabo decision.
FLOOD, Josephine. Archaeology of the
dreamtime: the story of prehistoric Australia and its
people. Rev. ed. [i.e. 3rd ed.] Pymble, N.S.W. :
Angus & Robertson, 1995. -- 328 p., [8] p. of plates: ill.
(some col.), facsims., maps Includes bibliography.
ISBN: 0-207-18448-8
Catalogue item:[994.0049915
FLO.3] (Ground Floor Books)
Using the latest archaeological evidence and
Aboriginal oral traditions this work examines the way in which
Aboriginal people adapted to, and modified their environments. It
examines how art, religion and social organisation developed and
changed over 50 000 years of occupation. It complements Rock
art of the Dreamtime, described above under art and
culture.
GOODALL, Heather. Invasion to
embassy: land in Aboriginal politics in New South Wales,
1770-1972. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin,
1996. -- 421 p., 12 p. of plates: ill., maps, ports. Includes
bibliography. ISBN: 1-86448-149-8
Catalogue item:[305.89915 GOO]
(Books)
A unique account of Aboriginal history in New
South Wales which stresses the role of Aboriginal activists in the
political campaigns for land rights since 1770.
HALL, Robert A. Fighters from the
fringe: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders recall the Second
World War. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 1995.
-- 218 p.: ill., ports. Includes bibliography. ISBN:
0-85575-286-6
Catalogue item:[940.5404 HAL]
(Books)
Biographies of six Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people who served their country during the Second World
War.
KIDD, Rosalind. The way we civilise:
Aboriginal affairs - the untold story. St. Lucia,
Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 1997. -- 389, [4] p. : ill.,
map, ports. Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-7022-2961-X
Catalogue item:[305.89915 KID]
(Books)
A comprehensive history of the Queensland's
government intervention in the lives of Aboriginal people, the
power of bureaucrats and the conflicts between state and federal
politicians and church and government.
MACDONALD, Rowena. Between two
worlds: the Commonwealth government and the removal of Aboriginal
children of part descent in the Northern Territory.
Alice Springs, N.T.: IAD Press, 1995. -- 78 p.: ill. (some col.),
maps, ports. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Includes bibliography. ISBN:
0-949659-87-8
Catalogue item:[305.89915 f
MAC] (Folio Books)
Through oral histories, documents and
photographs, drawn mainly from the Australian Archives' collection,
this book shows what happened to the children who were placed in
two Northern Territory institutions run by the Commonwealth
government: the Bungalow in Alice Springs and the Kahlin Home in
Darwin.
MCGRATH, Ann. (editor) Contested
ground: Australian Aborigines under the British
crown. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen &
Unwin, 1995. -- 415 p.: ill., maps, ports. Includes bibliographies.
ISBN: 1-86373-646-8
Catalogue item:[305.89915 CON
/copy 2] (Books)
A comprehensive account of the processes which
shaped the lives of Aboriginal Australians from 1788 to the
present. It presents the history of white-Aboriginal relations in
each state through eye witness accounts, oral histories and
historical research. The final chapter, by editor Ann McGrath,
analyses and discusses the issue of 'What is Aboriginal
History?'
National Inquiry into the Separation of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families
(Australia). Bringing them home.
Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1997. -- 689
p.: ill., maps, ports. Includes bibliography. ISBN:
0-642-26954-8
Catalogue item:[305.89915 NAT
/copy 1] (Books)
Often referred to as the 'Stolen Generations
report' it includes the personal accounts of many people who were
removed from their families.
PEDERSEN, Howard and Banjo WOORUNMURRA.
Jandamarra and the Bunuba
resistance. Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books,
1995. -- 216 p.: ill. (some col.), maps, ports. Includes
bibliography. ISBN: 1-87564-119-X
Catalogue item:[305.89915 PED]
(Ground Floor Books)
An award winning book which was described as 'A
pioneering model for Australian historians.' (Judges report for WA
Premiers Book Awards 1996) It tells the story of Jandamarra
('Pigeon') who turned from police assistant to resistance fighter
and led the Bunaba people of the Kimberley against European
settlers.
ROSE, Michael. For the record: 160
years of Aboriginal print journalism.
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1996. -- 219 p., [12] p. of plates: ill.
Includes bibliography. ISBN: 1-86448-058-0
Catalogue item:[305.89915 FOR]
(Books)
Examples of Aboriginal journalism from a wide
range of Aboriginal and mainstream publications which offer the
reader a glimpse, through Aboriginal eyes, of key issues and events
in Aboriginal and Australian history.
RYAN, Lyndall The Aboriginal
Tasmanians. 2nd edn. St Leonards, N.S.W.:
Allen & Unwin, 1996. -- 380p. : ill Bibliography, Includes
index. ISBN: 0-7022-1544-9
Catalogue item:[994.60049915
RYA.2] (Books)
This work demonstrates that the Aborigines of
Tasmania, although dispossessed, survived European settlement and
the ensuing conflicts. It examines Aboriginal resistance and
government policies after dispossession. This new edition includes
a description of events in the 1980s and 1990s.
SHARP, Nonie. No ordinary judgment:
Mabo, the Murray Islanders' land case. Canberra:
Aboriginal Studies Press, 1996. -- 290 p. : ill., map, ports.
Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-85575-287-4
Catalogue item:[346.9430432 SHA
/copy 1] (Books)
Nonie Sharp documents the ten year history of
the Mabo case in which she contributed anthropological and
historical evidence. She discusses the resultant native title
legislation and the impact of the legislation on both the Meriam
people of the Murray Islands and the broader Australian
community.
SHARP, Nonie. Stars of Tagai: the
Torres Strait Islanders. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies
Press, 1993. -- 321 p.: ill., maps, ports., facsim. Includes
bibliography. ISBN: 0-85575-238-6
Catalogue item:[994.38 SHA]
(Books)
This book explores four meanings of the Tagai
myth in the life of Torres Strait Islanders since the
mid-nineteenth century. Its focuses on identity and self-awareness
issues and examines the social issues involved in the historic Mabo
case.
SHAW, Bruce. Our heart is the land:
Aboriginal reminiscences from the western Lake Eyre
Basin. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 1995. --
154 p. : ill., map, ports. Includes bibliography. ISBN:
0-85575-254-8
Catalogue item:[305.89915 SHA]
(Books)
A collection of narratives and anecdotes from
the Oodnadatta and Maree Aboriginal communities arranged in themes
such as religious life, living off the land, missions, stock camps
and Afghans. Each theme is accompanied by a short historical
perspective.
SOMERVILLE, Margaret. The Sun
dancin': people and place in Coonabarabran. Canberra:
Aboriginal Studies Press, 1994. -- 211 p. : ill., maps, ports.
Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-85575-253-X
Catalogue item:[305.89915 SUN]
(Books)
Four women tell the stories of their lives and
their community: the Burrabeedee mission near Coonabarabran.
Margaret Somerville, as the transcriber of their stories, explores
the methods of collecting the stories and her role in the telling
of them.
TATZ, Colin Obstacle race:
Aborigines in sport. Kensington, N.S.W.: New South
Wales University Press, 1995. -- 408 p.: ill., ports. Includes
bibliography. ISBN: 0-86840-349-0
Catalogue item:[R 796.0899915
TAT /copy 2] (Reference Books)
A celebration of the achievements of 1200
individual Aboriginal sports people whose stories are placed in the
historical, political, legal and philosophical context of their
time.
YUNUPINGU, Galarrwuy. (editor) Our
land is our life: lands rights - past, present and
future. St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland
Press, 1997. -- 242 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., ports. ISBN:
0-7022-2958-X
Catalogue item:[346.94044 OUR
/copy 1] (Books)
A collection of key papers given by indigenous
leaders at the 1996 'Land rights: Past, Present and Future
Conference, Canberra August 1996'. The conference and the book
marked the twentieth anniversary of the Aboriginal Land Rights
(NT) Act 1976.
RECONCILIATION ISSUES: COUNCIL FOR ABORIGINAL
RECONCILIATION PUBLICATIONS
The following publications are written for the
general public with the aim of improving understanding and
knowledge of indigenous Australians and their culture.
BOURKE, Eleanor. Improving
relationships: better relationships between indigenous Australians
and the wider community. Canberra: AGPS,
1994. -- 44 p. : ill., ports. Includes bibliography.
ISBN: 0-644-33467-3 Series: Key issue paper (Council for Aboriginal
Reconciliation (Australia)); no. 2
Catalogue item:[305.89915 KEY]
(Books)
CLARK, Ian D. Sharing history : a
sense for all Australians of a shared ownership of their
history. Canberra: AGPS, 1994. -- 50 p.: ill., port.
Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-644-32846-0 Series: Key issue paper
(Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (Australia)); no. 4
Catalogue item:[305.89915 KEY]
(Books)
LANGTON, Marcia. Valuing cultures:
recognising indigenous cultures as a valued part of Australian
heritage. Canberra: AGPS, 1994. -- 53 p. : ill.,
maps. Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-644-32845-2 Series: Key issue
paper (Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (Australia)); no.
3
Catalogue item:[305.89915 KEY]
(Books)
SMYTH, Dermot. Understanding
country: the importance of land and sea in Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Societies. Canberra: AGPS,
1994. -- 44 p.: ill. Includes bibliography. ISBN: 0-644-32844-4
Series: Key issue paper (Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
(Australia)); no. 1
Catalogue item:[305.89915 KEY]
(Books)
Australian Reconciliation Convention (1997:
Melbourne, Vic.). The people's movement for
reconciliation: proceedings of the Australian Reconciliaton
Convention. [Kingston, A.C.T.: Aboriginal
Reconciliation Branch, Dept. of the Prime Minister and Cabinet],
1997. -- 5 v.: ill. (some col.), maps, ports.
Catalogue item:[305.89915 f AUS
/copy 1] (Folio Books)
Five volumes include the proceedings of the
Australian Reconciliation Convention, 1997; reports from workshops;
ideas for community action and reconciliation awards. Also
available on the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation's Internet
site at: http://www.austlii.edu.au/car
INTERNET
SITES
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION
ATSIC http://www.atsic.gov.au Includes
information on: ATSIC programs, ATSIC Regional Councils, Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander culture, also media releases, speeches,
and full text of recent publications such as As a matter of
fact.
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Page.
http://dargo.vicnet.net.au/aboriginal
Emphasis on Victorian groups and issues, but has many links to
other sites.
Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library: Internet
guide to Aboriginal Studies. http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Aboriginal.html
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Studies. http://www.aiatsis.gov.au
Koori Home Page. http://www.webnet.com.au/clients/koori
ARTS AND MUSIC
Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre Alice Springs.
http://aboriginalart.com.au
Jinta Desert Art. http://www.wr.com.au/jinart
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute.
http://www.webmedia.com.au/tandanya
Yothu Yindi Home Page. http://www.yothuyindi.com
Information on Yothu Yindi and Yolgnu culture. Has links to other
sites.
HEALTH
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Clearinghouse. http://www.cowan.edu.au/hhs/health/clearinghouse
HISTORY
Frontier homepage. http://www.abc.net.au/frontier/education
An exploration of Aboriginal history designed to complement the
Frontier TV series.
MEDIA
Koori Mail. http://www.nor.com.au/media/kmail
Infokoori: an index of Australian indigenous
Affairs. http://www.slnsw.gov.au/koori
Searchable index to Koori Mail, Who Weekly and Dawn Magazine.
NATIVE TITLE
National Native Title Tribunal. http://www.nntt.gov.au. Includes
frequently asked questions about Native Title, media releases and
speeches, newsletter, bibliographies, list of all claims accepted
by the tribunal and a searchable index to claims, registered
parties and decisions.
RECONCILIATION
Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. http://www.austlii.edu.au/car
Reconciliation and Social Justice Project.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/rsjproject/index.html