‘Due inheritance’, Egan, T. 2008. Niblock Publishing, Nightcliff Former NT Administrator Egan looks at government policies in relation to aboriginal people and communities such as the ‘intervention’ and various initiatives like education and health. He identifies...
‘The Original Australians: Story of the Aboriginal People’, Flood, J. 2006. Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest As the title suggests this is a one stop book telling the recent and beginning story for the aboriginal people in Australia. Also included are a wide variety of...
Songlines and Fault Lines – Epic walks of the Red Centre. G. Morrison. 2017. Melbourne University Press Absolute crap. Less about the trails and more about the failings of those historical figures (non-indigenous) who trod the trails in the distant past. There were...
‘The Killing Times: The Coniston Massacre 1928’, Cribbin, J. 1984, Fontana Books, Sydney A case study of a massacre of at least 33 Aboriginal people in Central Australia in 1928 which resulted in no convictions on the part of the offenders. An unbelievable story of...
‘Buffalos: Adventures in Arnhem land’, Warburton, C. 1934. Gecko Books A true story of adventure of two young Australians in Arnhem in the 1920’s buffalo industry. A great snapshot of the life and times of that period which leaves you in awe of the strength of...
