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This subject area includes other subject headings in the catalogue. These subject headings are:
star pointAboriginal Australians -- Social Life and Customs
star pointAboriginal Australians -- Social Life and Customs -- Juvenile Literature

star pointAboriginal Australians -- Implements -- Juvenile Literature (Technology)

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Be aware that this list covers resources that may have been authored by non-Aboriginal writers and storytellers, and may not be the perspective endorsed by the Aboriginal community

Title: Guyunggu: an Aboriginal way of being
Author: Edwards, Coral
Publisher: Waitara, NSW: Catholic Scholls Office, Diocese of Broken Bay, 1997-1988
Call #: 300.7 133

Title: Yirrititja: the way of the desert people [videorecording]
Publisher: Melbourne: Educational Media International; South Melbourne: Educational Media Australia [distributor], 1986
Call #: 305.89915 168

Title: Rainbow serpent [videorecording]
Publisher: Sydney: Special Broadcasting Service, 1985
Call #: 305.89915 334

Title: Through Aboriginal eyes: Part 1 [videorecording]
Publisher: Sydney: Department of Education, 1982
Call #: 305.89915 339

Title: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies: book 1
Author: Harris, Wendy
Publisher: Australia: Learning Solutions, 1994
Call #: 305.89915 369

Title: Aboriginal culture in the Murray-Darling basin [videorecording]
Publisher: Bayview, NSW: Classroom Video; Murray-Darling Basin Commission, 1996
Call #: 305.89915 377

Title: Benny and the Dreamers [videorecording]
Publisher: Civic Sqaure, ACT: Ronin Films, 1993
Call #: 305.89915 388

Title: Aboriginal Australia Aa-Zz [kit]
Author: Strong, Steve
Publisher: Artarmon, NSW: Peter Leyden Publishing, 199-
Call #: 305.89915 397

Title: Indigenous Australia
  • Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory
  • Aboriginal people of Victoria
  • Fibrecrafts
  • Hunting and gathering
  • Rock art
  • Tools, weapons and utensils
  • Australian languages
  • Bush food
  • Aboriginal people of Tasmania
  • Aboriginal people of New South Wales
  • Aboriginal people of South Australia
  • Carving and sculpture
Publisher: Canberra: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, 1989-1992
Call #: 305.89915 402

Title: Aboriginal education : Aboriginal perspectives across the curriculum
Publisher: Adelaide: Dept for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs and South Australian Dept for Education and Children's Services, 1996
Call #: 305.89915 439

Title: Wisdom from the Earth: the living legacy of the Aboriginal Dreamtime
Author: Voigt, Anna
Publisher: East Roseville, NSW: Simon & Schuster, 1997
Call no: 305.89915 471

Title: Australian Aborigines
Author: Morrissey, David
Publisher: West Melbourne: Nelson, 1981
Call #: 305.89915 491

Title: Sharing culture: rainforest
Author: Ashman, Denise Ellen
Publisher: Archerfield, QLD: Steve Parish Publications, 2001
Call #: 305.89915 514

Title: Growing up in Kakadu
Author: Breeden, Stan
Publisher: rcherfield, QLD: Steve Parish Publications, 2000
Call #: 305.89915 526

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Title: Talking identity [kit]
Publisher: Ryde, NSW: NSW Dept. of Education and Training, 2002
Call #: 305.89915 556

Title: Aboriginal shelters [slide]
Author: Grant, J.M.
Publisher: South Melbourne: Educational Media Australia, 198-
Call #: 305.89915 567

Title: When I was little, like you
Author: Malbunka, Mary
Publisher: Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2003
Call #: 305.89915 583

Title: Growing up Koori [videorecording]
Publisher: Drysdale, VIC: Equality Videos, 1994
Call #: 305.89915 596

Title: Traditional technologies
Author: Cahir, Sandy
Publisher: Canbridge; Port Melbourne, VIC: Cambridge University Press, 2002
Call no: 305.89915 619

Title: The little red, yellow and black (and green and blue and white ) book: a short guide to Indigenous Australia
Author: Jonas, W.J.A.
Publisher: Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies on behalf of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, 1994
Call #: 305.89915 657

Title: Kanyini [videorecording]
Publisher: Surry Hills, NSW: Hopscotch Entertainment: Roadshow Entertainment [distributor], 2006
Call #: 305.89915 680

Title: Stories from my country: my pony Hooky and other tales
Author: Randall, Bob
Publisher: Sydney: ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2007
Call #: 305.89915 688

Title: Old feet, new paths
Author: Wellington, Ian
Publisher: Minto, NSW: Aboriginal Working Group, Working Together in Minto, 2007
Call #: 305.89915 695

Title: Aboriginal people: the contemporary scence [videorecording]
Publisher: Naremburn, NSW: Metropolitan North Region, NSW Department of Education, 1991
Call #: 305.8991509 30

Title: Wangkangurru of the desert
Author: Lucas, Judy & Barlow, Alex
Publisher: Port Melbourne, VIC: Heinemann Library Australia, 1997
Call #: 306.899915 70

Title: Wiradjuri of the rivers and plains
Author: Clayton, Iris & Barlow, Alex
Publisher: Port Melbourne, VIC: Heinemann Library Australia, 1997
Call #: 306.0899915 71

Title: Kombumerri, saltwater people
Author: Ysola, Best & BArlow, Alex
Publisher: Port Melbourne, VIC: Heinemann Library Australia, 1997
Call #: 306.0899915 72

Title: Yorta Yorta tribe
Author: Firebrace, Shannon
Publisher: Melbourne: LAnguage Australia, 1998
Call #: 306.0899915 105

Title: The Anangu of Uluru-Kata Tjuta
Author: Thompson, Liz
Publisher: Carlton, VIC: Heinemann Library, 1998
Call #: 306.0899915 123

Title: Special Aboriginal places and Torres Strait Islander places
Publisher: Canberra: Australian Government Publication Service, 1993
Call #: 363.690994 21

Title: Going bush
Author: Wheatley, Nadia & Searle, Ken
Publisher: Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2007
Call #: 372.1384 1

Title: Footprints: to country, kin and cultures
Publisher: Carlton, VIC: Curriculum Corporation, 1997
Call #: 372.83044 56

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Title: Caring for place, caring for country [kit]
Publisher: Darlinghurst, NSW: Aboriginal Education and Training Directorate, NSW Dept. of Education and Training, 2005
Call #: 428.007 475

Title: Australian Aboriginal portraits
Author: Mountford, Charles, P
Publisher: Carlton, VIC: Melbourne University Press; London; NewYork L Cambridge University Press, 1967
Call #: 572.89915 5

Title: The Kimberley mob [videorecording]
Publisher: Canberra: Ronin Films, 1991
Call #: 636.2010994 4

Title: Artists and their work
Author: Barlow, Alex
Publisher: South Melbourne, Macmillan, 1997
Call #: 704.039915 34

Title: The Aboriginal children's history of Australia
Publisher: Adelaide: Rigby in association with Island Heritage, 1977
Call #: 759.994 34

Title: Beating about the bush [videorecording]
Publisher: Titus Films, 1993
Call #: 782.4216699 1

Title: Bush toys: Aboriginal children at play
Author: Haagen, Claudia
Publisher: Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 1994
Call #: 790.0899915 2

Title: Aboriginal experience [videorecording]
Publisher: Sydney: Open Training and Education Network, Media Production Unit, 1994
Call #: A 823.9109 22 (Parts 1 and 2)

Title: Yolngu of the Island Galinwin'ku
Author: Djandilnga, Elizabeth & Barlow, Alex
Publisher: Port Melbourne: Heinemann Library Australia, 1997
Call #: 919.4295 11

Title: Before the invasion: Aboriginal life to 1788
Author: Bourke, Colin
Publisher: Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1980
Call #: 994.004991 7

Title: Introducing Aboriginal Australians [kit]
Publisher: Canberra: Curriculum Development Centre, 1982
Call #: 994.0049915 21

Title: Our people: activities
Publisher: North Ryde, NSW: Methuen Australia, 1984
Call #: 994.0049915 27 A

Title: The Aborigines
Author: Gibbs, R.M.
Publisher: South Melbourne: Longman Australia, 1996
Call #: 994.0049915 37 B

Title: My place
Author: Morgan, Sally
Publisher: Fremantle, WA: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1987
Call #: 994.0049915 42

Title: Aborigines of the rainforest
Author: Erbacher, John
Publisher: Cambridge, Engliand, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1991
Call #: 994.0049915 86

Title: Growin' up strong Aboriginal resource kit
Publisher: Sydney: Scholastic, 1997
Call #: 994.0049915 138

Title: The Aboriginal poeoples of Australia
Author: Bartlett, Anne
Publisher: Singapore: Times Editions, 2002
Call #: 994.0049915 151

Title: The prehistory of the Australian Aborigines
Publisher: Perth: Adult Aboriginal Education, Technical Education Division, Dept. of Western Australia, 1976
Call #: 994.0049915 154

Technology

Title: Traditional technologies
Author: Cahir, Sandra
Publisher: Cambridge; Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2002
Call #: 305.89915 619

Title: From ochres to eel traps
Author: Halling, Helen (editor)
Publisher: Canverra: Sciecne Educators Association of the ACT, 1999
Call #: 306.089915 109

Title: Aboriginal Technology series
  • Boomerangs and throwing sticks           Call #: 623.441 20
  • Fibrecraft      Call #: 746.4108999 1
  • Fire     Call #: 392.3 53
  • Housing      Call #: 392.3600899 1
  • The spear    Call #: 623.441 21
  • Trade     Call #: 306.34 11
  • Watercraft     Call #: 623.829 12
  • Women's technology     Call #: 305.4889915 5
Author: Barlow, Alex
Publisher: South Melbounre: Macmillan Education Australia, 1994

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