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Bitin' Back: First Nations Classics by Melissa Lucashenko, Vivienne Cleven
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
When the Blackouts' star player Nevil Dooley wakes one morning to don a frock and 'eyeshada', his mother's idle days at the bingo hall are gone forever. Mystified and clueless, single parent Mavis takes to bush-cunning and fast footwork to unravel the mystery behind this sudden change of face. Funny but ...Show more
Blood (First Nations Classics) by Tony Birch
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Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Blood is a coming-of-age story set on the back roads of Australia.Jesse has sworn to protect his sister, Rachel, no matter what. It's a promise that cannot be broken. A promise made in blood. But, when it comes down to life or death, how can he find the ...Show more
Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling: First Nations Classics by Larissa Behrendt, Fiona Foley
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Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Aboriginal lawyer, writer and filmmaker Larissa Behrendt has long been fascinated by the story of Eliza Fraser, who was purportedly captured by the Butchulla people after she was shipwrecked on their island off the Queensland coast in 1836. In this deeply personal book, Behrendt uses Eliza's tale as a s ...Show more
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence: First Nations Classics by Doris (Nugi Garimara) Pilkington
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
A Stolen Generations story of astounding courage- three Aboriginal girls, taken from their mothers, escape barefoot back to their beloved homeland in East Pilbara.This is the true account of Nugi Garimara's mother, Molly, made legendary by the film Rabbit-Proof Fence. In 1931 Molly led her two sisters o ...Show more
Heat and Light: First Nations Classics by Ellen van Neerven, Alison Whittaker
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Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Ellen van Neerven's award-winning collection of stories was inspired by the elements, and is exceptionally imaginative and varied.In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven leads readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real. Over three parts, van Neerven takes tr ...Show more
Holocaust Island: First Nations Classics by Graeme Dixon, Ali Cobby Eckermann
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Written when the author was in prison, this collection remains a poignant historical plea for Aboriginal justice - from Black deaths in custody to Land Rights - and bears witness to contemporary Indigenous issues.Holocaust Island was the inaugural winner of the David Unaipon Award in 1989. Graeme Dixon' ...Show more
Is That You, Ruthie?: First Nations Classics by Jackie Huggins, Ruth Hegarty
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Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
'Is that you ...?' Matron's voice would ring out across the dormitory. In that pause sixty little girls would stop in their tracks, waiting to hear who was in trouble. All too often the name called out would be that of the high-spirited dormitory girl Ruthie.In the Depression years Queensland's notoriou ...Show more
Mazin Grace: First Nations Classics by Dylan Coleman, Claire G Coleman
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Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Growing up on the Mission isn't easy for clever Grace Oldman. When her classmates tease her for not having a father, she doesn't know what to say. Papa Neddy says her dad is the Lord God in Heaven, but that doesn't help when the Mission kids call her a bastard. As Grace slowly pieces together clues that ...Show more
Me, Antman & Fleabag: First Nations Classics by Gayle Kennedy, Jared Thomas
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Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Take one woman, her partner Antman and their dog Fleabag, pack up the car, turn up the country music and you've got one spirited road trip makin' room for all the good things in life, like family, laughin', travellin' and, best of all, love.Winner of the 2006 David Unaipon Award, Me, Antman & Fleaba ...Show more
Purple Threads: First Nations Classics by Jeanine Leane, Evelyn Araluen
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Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Winner of the David Unaipon Award, an engaging, moving and often funny yarn about growing up in the home of two Aunties running a sheep farm in rural Gundagai.Growing up in the shifting landscape of Gundagai with her Nan and Aunties, Sunny spends her days playing on the hills near their farmhouse and he ...Show more
Smoke Encrypted Whispers: First Nations Classics by Samuel Wagan Watson, Tony Birch
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Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Reading this book is, as Tony Birch points out, 'like witnessing Bruce Springsteen meet the Dreamtime'.Smoke Encrypted Whispers showcases Samuel Wagan Watson's imaginative brilliance and exceptional poetic skills. In this book, which also includes work from three previous collections, his poems pulse wi ...Show more
The Window Seat: First Nations Classics by Archie Weller, Ernie Dingo
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Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Runner-up for the inaugural Vogel Award in 1980, Archie Weller is a master storyteller. In these short stories, take a seat and rethink what it means to be Australian.Since Archie Weller was runner-up for the first Vogel Award in 1980 for his novel The Day of the Dog, he has become an important voice in ...Show more