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Stand Proud – Nicho Hynes with Marlee Silva. Illustrated by Blak Douglas.
Penguin Australia October 2024 So as someone said recently ‘I know you’re an NRL girl…’. Yes I am, I grew up in Hurstville and went to St George Girls High School and I’ve been a Dragons supporter since I first went to a footy game, aged around 7. But you know, it’s right next door…
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Raymaŋgirrbuy dhäwu When I was a little girl – Kylie Gatjawarrawuy Mununggurr
Magabala Books July 2024 ISBN: 9781922142306 RRP: $27.99 As you can imagine, I think the bond between grandmother and granddaughter is particularly special. It certainly is for me and The Kid, as it’s now been over nine years that I have been her ‘parental’ person. But I think it is the same the world over,…
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Circles of Life – Gregg Dreise
Penguin Australia March 2024 Alphabet Song / Rap – Aboriginal Style by Gregg Dreise – YouTube Together Forever By Gregg Dreise (featuring Ed Owen-Jones) Stop Motion Lollies & Pens Animation. – YouTube My Culture and Me by Gregg Dreise – YouTube Kookoo Kookaburra Song Gregg Dreise – YouTube I Open the Door Promo ILF –…
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Yirrkala Bark Petitions
The Yirrkala Bark Petitions are a series of petitions from the Yolngu people to the Commonwealth government. They are seen as the first documents that joined Indigenous Lore with Commonwealth Law as the petitions are the first traditional documents to have been recognised by the Commonwealth Parliament. The Yolngu people are the people of Yirrkala…
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The Land Recalls You -Kirli Saunders/David Cragg and Noni Cragg
Scholastic Australia May 2024 ISBN 9781760975159RRP $26.99 ‘Do not cry for earth who birthed you, for river as she calls your name… Do not weep for songs of land, for your old people and sacred stories’. So begins this beautiful, powerful and poignant new book from award-winning author and OAM, Kirli Saunders. This is a…
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Ginagay Gaagal, Hello Ocean – Melissa Greenwood
Harper Collins Australia October 2023 In her own beautiful and evocative way, Melissa Greenwood has brought readers another celebration of Country and culture, through her own eyes and experiences. This time we are invited to visit the gaagal (ocean) for play, adventures and tucker too. It is impossible to do justice to these gorgeous illustrations,…
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Nerra Deep Time Traveller: The Broken Rainbow – Tasma Walton & Samantha Campbell
SCHOLASTIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD October 2023 ISBN: 9781760264567ISBN-10: 1760264563 RRP: $15.99 If you have readers who have been enjoying the Wylah series (and other First Nations contemporary narratives), then this new series is going to be a sure-fire winner. Nerra is a young girl with a strong connection to her culture and Country. She is especially close…
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This Book Thinks Ya Deadly!: a celebration of Blak Excellence Corey Tutt/Molly Hunt
Hardie Grant June 2023 Imprint: Hardie Grant Explore ISBN: 9781741178159 RRP: $34.99 Corey Tutt OAM, is the young innovator and creator behind the Deadly Science initiative and the acclaimed The First Scientists, and this new book will impress you even more I think. It is a visual feast as well as a fantastic resource for…
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Custodians: Wylah the Koorie Warrior 2 -Jordan Gould and Richard Pritchard
Allen & Unwin May 2023 ISBN: 9781761180040 Publisher: A&U Children’s RRP: $15.99 Wylah proved herself in her first adventure, and achieved the near-impossible in uniting the five Guardians, now firmly at her side but her mission continues. She must press on through the Valley of the Spirits, with all its risks and dangers in order…
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My Little Barlaagany (Sunshine) – Melissa Greenwood
Harper Collins Australia May 2023 Gumbaynggirr artist Melissa Greenwood has created another beautiful and stylish picture book to add to your collection of First Nations titles. This is a dreamy and gentle bedtime love story between mother and child, country and culture. With a text that is interspersed with words from her own traditional language,…
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