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Great books by First Nations Authors

A SHORT HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE – Gary Foley

BENANG: FROM THE HEART – Kim Scott

CARPENTARIA – Alexis Wright

DARK EMU – Bruce Pascoe

DAY BREAK – Amy McQuire

FINDING OUR HEART – Thomas Mayor and Blak Douglas

GROWING UP ABORIGINAL IN AUSTRALIA – Anita Heiss

IWENHE TYERRTYE: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ABORIGINAL PERSON – Margaret Kemare Turner OAM

JANDAMARRA AND THE BUNUBA RESISTANCE  Banjo Woorunmurra and Howard Pedersen

MAYBE TOMORROW  Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor

MY HOME BROOME  Tamzyne and Bronwyn Houston

MY PEOPLE: EDDIE’S LIL’ HOMIES – Eddie Betts

MY PLACE – Sally Morgan

ONCE THERE WAS A BOY  Dub Leffler

PAPUNYA SCHOOL BOOK OF COUNTRY AND HISTORY  staff and students of Papunya

RESPECT  Aunty Fay Muir, Sue Lawson and Lisa Kennedy

SHAKE A LEG  Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod

TALKING TO MY COUNTRY – Stan Grant

TELL MY WHY – Archie Roach

THE WHITE GIRL – Tony Birch

THE YIELD – Tara June Winch

TOOK THE CHILDREN AWAY – Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter

WELCOME TO COUNTRY – Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy

YOUNG DARK EMU – Bruce Pascoe

Poetry by OODGEROO NOONUCCAL and JACK DAVIS

Children’s Ground’s Indigenous language books:

ALKNGARRILEME (WARNINGS) – L. Gorey, Veronica Turner and Felicity Hayes

NINTIRRINGANYI NGURRA KU (LEARNING ON COUNTRY) – Annette Robinson and Roxanne Sharpe

IWENHE ARRATINTYEME INGWELE (WHAT COMES OUT AT NIGHT?) – L. Gorey, Veronica Turner and Felicity Hayes

ARTWEYENHENGE (FAMILY) – Children’s Ground educators

ATHAKWERE AKWEKE ANGKETHAKWE (THE THIRSTY LITTLE MOUSE) – L. Gorey

IWENHE NHENHE? (WHAT’S THIS?) – Felicity Hayes and Annamaria Palmer

OUR LANGUAGES – Children’s Ground educators and Yarrenyty Arltere Artists

APMWE IWENHE? (WHAT SNAKE?) – Children’s Ground educators