THE DEAD SEAGULL (142 pp.)—George Barker—Farrar, Sfraus & Young ($2.50). “What depth of shame do we lie in,” muses the hero of The Dead Seagull, “when we sink back on the plush cushions ...

And certainly, when I was growing up, there were no Aboriginal books being taught in schools. We had to read all these English novels about lords and ladies who I had no connection with.

War in the Colony of New South Wales, 1838–1844, describes a coordinated Aboriginal military front across more than 20 ...

Bruce Pascoe’s book “Dark Emu” sparked a reconsideration of Australian history. Now he hopes to use his writing to revive Aboriginal community. By Damien Cave WALLAGARAUGH, Australia ...

Doris Pilkington Garimara, the Aboriginal novelist who wrote Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence, has passed away at 76 years old in Perth, Australia. Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence, her most well known ...

Aboriginal fire sparks winning book. By Jason Steger. October 17, 2012 — 3.00am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later.

Through pictures, original manuscripts, newspaper clippings, maps and personal accounts from Aboriginal movement leaders, the book guides readers through major events in the Aboriginal movement from ...

Two picture books - 'yula kipli' and 'kipli mapali' - written in the Tasmanian Aboriginal language palawa kani are helping children stay connected to culture.

The book centres on the Phantom family, who live in the fictional town of Desperance. There they fight with other Aboriginal families, with authorities and with a multinational mining company that ...

A yearlong controversy over Australian Aboriginal history has entered a new stage with the launch in Melbourne and Sydney of a new book, Whitewash: On Keith Windschuttle's Fabrication of ...

Life & Luxury; Arts & Culture; If there is one book on Aboriginal art to buy this season, this is it. Fifty years on, Papunya Tula Artists still takes the world by storm.