Fiction with Indigenous Themes

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Be aware that the 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: Pigs and Honey
Author: Adams, Jeanie
Publisher: Adelaide: Omnibus, 1989
Call #: A 823.91 A214 J1 1

Title: Going for Oysters
Author: Adams, Jeanie
Publisher: Norwood, SA: Omnibus Books, 1991
Call #: A 823.91 A214 J2 1

Publisher: Songman*
Author:Baillie, Allan
Publisher: Ringwoood, VC:Puffin Books, 1994
Call #: A 823.91 B157 J13 2
*Suitable for Stage Three only

Title: Snake for Supper*
Author: Baxter, Fred
Publisher: Melbourne: Landsdowne Press, 1968
Call #: A 823.91 B3552 J1 1 *Suitable for Stage Three only

Title: Idjhil and the land cried for its lost soul
Author: Bell, Helen
Publisher: Nedlands, WA: Cygnet, 1996
Call #: A 823.91 B4334 J1 1

Title: Cadan Walaa!
Author: Calley, Karin
Publisher: St Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press, 1994
Call #: A 823.91 C157 J1 1

Title: Nunga
Author: Center, Rus
Publisher: Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press, 1985
Call #: A 823.91 C397 J1 1

Title: Big Rain Coming
Author: Germein, Katrina
Imrpint: Port Melbourne, VIC: Roland Harvey Books, 1999
Call #:A 823.91 G373 J1 1

Title: Deadly Unna
Author: Gwynne, Phillip
Publisher: Ringwood: VIC: Penguin, 1998
Call #: A 823.91 G995 J1 1

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Title: The Dream
Author: Harris Rae & Harp, Beryl
Publisher: Broome, WA: Magabala Books, 1991
Call #: A 823. 91 H3151 J1 1

Title: The Burnt Stick
Author: Hill, Anthony
Publisher: Ringwood, VIC: Viking, 1994
call #: A 823.91 H6453 J1 1

Title: The Serpentine Belt
Author: Horniman, Joanne
Publisher: Norwood, SA: Omnibus Books, 1994
Call #: A 823.91 H8162 J3 1

Title: Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo*
Author: Lester, Alison
Publisher: Sydney: Hodder Headline Australia, 2001
call #: A 823.91 L642 J16 2
*Suitable for Early Stage One/Stage One

Title: Yinti: Desert Child
Author: Lowe, Pat
Publisher: Broome, WA: Magabala Books, 1992
Call #: A 823.91 L913 J1 1

Title: The Girl with No Name
Author: Lowe, Pat
Publisher: Ringwood, VIC: Puffin, 1994
Call #: A 823.91 L913 J2 1

Title: Desert Cowboy
Author: Lowe, Pat & Pike, Jimmy
>strong>Publisher: Broome, Magabala Books, 2000
Call #: A 823.91 L913 J3 1

Title: Tucker's Mob
Author: Mattingley, Christobel
Publisher: Norwood, SZ: Omnibus Books, 1992
Call #:A 823.91 M444 J17 1

Title: The Whalers
Author: Mumballa, Percy & Robinson, Roland
Publisher: Pymble, NSW: HarperCollins, 1997
Call #: A 821.91 M962 J2 2

Title: Stradbroke Dreamtime
Author: Oodgeroo, Noonuccal (Walker, Kath)
Publisher: Pymble, NSW: Angus & Robertson, 1999
Call #: A 828.91 N817 J1 3
Note: Other titles available in the research collection

Title: Father Sky and Mother Earth
Author:Walker, Kath
Publisher: Milton, QLD: Jacaranda Wiley, 1985
Call #: A 823.91 N817 J4 2

Title: Shadows of Time*
Author: Wrightson, Patricia
Publisher: Milsons Point, NSW: Random House Australia, 1994
Call #: A 823.91 W954 J18 1
*Suitable for Stage Three and up

Title: Find Me a River*
Author: Blake, Bronwyn
Publisher: Port Melbourne, VIC: Lothian, 2001
Call #: A 823.92 B636 J2 1
*Suitable for Stage Three and up

Title: Whisper*
Author: Dobbie, Fran
Publisher: Rydalmere, NSW: Hodder Headline Australia, 2000
Call #: A 823.92 D632 J1 1
*Suitable for Stage three

Title: Yearning to go Home
Author: Ishiguchi, Paul
Publisher: Lismore Heights, NSW: Give It Time Productions, 2006
Call #: A 823.92 I79 J1 1

Title:The Barrumbi Kids*
Author: Norrington, Leonie
Publisher: Norwood, SA: Omnibus, 2002
Call #: A 823.92 N853 J1 1
*Suitable for Stage Three and up

Title: Leaving Barrumbi*
Author: Norrington, Leonie
Publisher: Malver, SA: Omnibus, 2007
Call #: A 823.92 N853 J2 1
*Suitable for Stage Three and up

Title: You and me: our place
Author: Norrington, Leonie
Publisher: Kingswood, SA: Working Title Press, 2007
Call #: A 823.92 N853 J3 1

Title: The Spirit of Barrumbi*
Author: Norrington, Leonie
Publisher: Norwood, SA: Omnibus, 2003
Call #: A 823.92 N853 J4 1
*Suitable for Stage Three and up

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