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Sun Books, Sydney, 1976. reprint. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. the author has lived most of her life in Western Australia and was married to the Commissioner for native welfare in Western Australia, and she has written a story of 2 sisters who are part Aboriginal previous owner's name on the front edge of the text block, darkening of the page edges along with some foxing. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 256 pages. The book is a secondhand book with reading creases to the spine, and previous owner's name on the first page.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Aboriginal; Sisters - Fiction.; Australia; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0725100176. ISBN/EAN: 9780725100179. Inventory No: 0262181. . 9780725100179

Sun Books, Sydney, 1967. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. the author has lived most of her life in Western Australia and was married to the Commissioner for native welfare in Western Australia, and she has written a story of 2 sisters who are part Aboriginal the book is clean, aged toned on the page edges, and has a small tear in the upper level of the 1st page of text; there is no other damage to describe. First softcover edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 256 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Aboriginal; Sisters - Fiction.; Australia; Indigenous Cultures. Inventory No: 0255647. .

Collins, London - Sydney, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Set mostly in West Australia the stories deal with basic human situations, a girl deciding to marry against parental wishes, a young aboriginal accepting that her life must be limited, the world of immigration, the iniquities of social and racial injustice. Clean second-hand copy, no damage to the dust jacket, very slight spotting of the page edges, original seller's sticker on the lower right-hand corner of the front paste down. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Aboriginal; Australia; ISBN: 0002212498. ISBN/EAN: 9780002212496. Inventory No: 0281299. . 9780002212496

Rigby, Adelaide, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. the dust jacket has an 8th of an inch to at the top right of the front cover (dustjacket) and is otherwise without damage. The author, who lived for many years among the aborigines of Arnhem land speaks their language, has written what may be the 1st novel with an absolutely authentic Aboriginal background and in which all the main characters are tribal Aborigines. – Front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Aboriginal; Northern Territory; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0709123337. ISBN/EAN: 9780709123330. Inventory No: 0259202. . 9780709123330

Congress Alukura & Nganampa health Council, Alice Springs, 1999. Third Edition. Hardcover (ring-bound folder). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: diagrams. Previous owner's details at the top right hand corner of the 1st page, no other annotations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X, 296 pages plus some blank pages for notes. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: diagrams. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Medicine & Health; Aboriginal; Australia; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0957721102. ISBN/EAN: 9780957721104. Inventory No: 0264347. . 9780957721104

Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, 1987. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Light blue coloured boards with white coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by author, with blue and purple coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. The story of the author who went looking for her Aboriginal roots, which finally allowed both her mother and her grandmother to tell their stories. A little rubbing of the book edges and some dense to the top edge of the front panel. Very light age toning of the text block edges with previous owners name to the top edge of the free front end page. Some creasing of the top dustwrapper edge with rubbing of the panels. Fading of the back strip and there is a 1.25" tear to the top right hand corner of the rear panel with creasing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 358 pages. Please refer to accompanying… Leer más

Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, 1987. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Windschuttle concludes: Rather than a tragedy of white racists stealing children and exploiting Aboriginality, the real Daisy’s story was one of fulfilment within white society." – From quadrant the spine section of the dustjacket is slightly faded from exposure to light. There is no other damage to describe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 358 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Aboriginal; Australia; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0949206245. ISBN/EAN: 9780949206244. Inventory No: 0263961. . 9780949206244

Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, 1987. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Windschuttle concludes: Rather than a tragedy of white racists stealing children and exploiting Aboriginality, the real Daisy’s story was one of fulfilment within white society." – From quadrant the spine section of the dustjacket is slightly faded from exposure to light, the card binding underneath, has a small spot at the bottom right-hand corner of the front panel. There is no other damage to describe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 358 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Aboriginal; Australia; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0949206245. ISBN/EAN: 9780949206244. Inventory No: 0263305. . 9780949206244

Cassell Australia, Stanmore, New South Wales, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 1.8 kg; 312 pp., illustrated endpapers, maps, photographs in both colour and black and white, appendix, index. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, faded on the margins of the front panel of the dustjacket and on the spine, and on the left hand margin of the rear panel, with a 2 inch tear at the top left of the front panel. Otherwise clean, free of annotation and with solid binding. This book has been designed to trace the emergence of the national estate as a significant public policy and to depict its rich diversity in a sequence of pictures which includes historic buildings, precincts, streetscapes and townships; national parks and important part of the natural environment; historical archaeology; industrial artifacts; the culture of Australian aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders; historical monuments; geological sites; landscapes and important… Leer más

Cassell Australia, Stanmore, New South Wales, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 1.8 kg; 312 pp., illustrated endpapers, maps, photographs in both colour and black and white, appendix, index. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, faded on the margins of the front panel of the dustjacket and on the spine, and on the left hand margin of the rear panel. Otherwise clean, free of annotation and with solid binding. This book has been designed to trace the emergence of the national estate as a significant public policy and to depict its rich diversity in a sequence of pictures which includes historic buildings, precincts, streetscapes and townships; national parks and important part of the natural environment; historical archaeology; industrial artifacts; the culture of Australian aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders; historical monuments; geological sites; landscapes and important relics of Australia's cultural history. Size: Oblong… Leer más

University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, W.A, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. in hand copy, clean without annotations, and no damage to describe. Illustrated with some black-and-white photographs, and with bibliography and notes on the contributors. "The necessity of craft is the first substantial text to deal with women's craft production in the Asian-Pacific region from the perspectives of social change and development. It considers whether commodification will continue to diminish the cultural and ritual value of women's craft practices, and also how can women develop strategies which enable them to maintain control of the aircraft practices. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XIV, 186 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Women & Feminism; Aboriginal; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 1875560629. ISBN/EAN: 9781875560622. Inventory No:… Leer más

Australian foundation on alcoholism and drug dependence, Canberra, 1981. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. Previous owner has covered their name at the top of the front cover. There is no other damage to describe. "This manual attempts to address some of these problems, and to provide a review of the pertinent literature in these various areas. It does not seek, or pretend, to offer solutions for "petrol sniffing". Rather it tries to place petrol sniffing in the context of universal drug use, and while not condoning the practice, encourages the perception of it as a "non-deviant" behaviour." Page 1 Western Desert Project, the Flinders University of South Australia. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. IV, 58 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Aboriginal; Australia; Sociology & Culture. ISBN:… Leer más

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1994. Periodical. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, and some illustrations. Considerable work of Aboriginal content or interest Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VI, 226 pages. a clean secondhand copy, no damage to detail apart from age toning of the page edges. please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Aboriginal; Australia; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0207184062. ISBN/EAN: 9780207184062. Inventory No: 0276978. . 9780207184062

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1994. Periodical. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Previous owner's name on the first page, and the previous owner has marked with a small "X" a selection of the contents page. As far as I can see there is no marking through the book.. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, and some illustrations. Offset tanning of the first and last pages. Considerable work of Aboriginal content or interest Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VI, 226 pages. please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Aboriginal; Australia; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0207184062. ISBN/EAN: 9780207184062. Inventory No: 0270219. . 9780207184062

Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Introduction by author. Colour photographic paperback binding with pale purple and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear panel. Lectures delivered on ABC radio based on the premise that the country was acquired by forcible dispossession of the Aborigines. Minor rubbing of the book edges and panels with age toning of the text block edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9 - 56 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Aboriginal; Australia; ISBN: 0642975655. ISBN/EAN: 9780642975652. Inventory No: 0286807. . 9780642975652

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: illustrations, maps & portraits. Contains working biographies of ten Aborigines; Jonathan Nadji (park ranger), Monica Timaepatua (seamstress), Michael Hill (drug and alcohol counsellor), Alan Kyle (seaman), Betty Stewart (educational assistant), Rochelle Patten (artist), Gordon Pablo (language co -ordinator), Robert Bagie (broadcaster), Lyle Sansbury (company chairman) and Naomi Mayers (company secretary); topics covered include - National Parks Service; sport; bush foods; traditional and Christian beliefs; agricultural, mechanical and farm work; substance abuse; crocodile shooting, pearling and trochus industries; histories of La Perouse and Cummeragunja; discrimination (economic and social); employment; social work; education; health services; radio and television broadcasting; Aboriginal enterprises; Nurungga Farming Company; Aboriginal Health Service, Redfern; self-determination;… Leer más

PLANTAGENET PRESS, Fremantle, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: photographic. there is loss of colour on the left-hand side of the front panel and the spine, and a small tear (less than a quarter of an inch) at the bottom left hand corner of the front cover. The book is a tribute to an Australian lifestyle and has an introduction by Tim Winton, which presents a picture "of the Kimberley that is more than just sunsets over the bungle bungles and the advertising image of an empty landscape just waiting to your four-wheel-drive. No one in their right mind would dispute the grandeur of the Kimberley landscape, but 'til she dropped her strides proves that the people who live there are every bit as arresting, as uncompromising and probably as weird as the land itself." page 7 Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.… Leer más

Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: photographic &maps. the author's writing expresses her desire for recognition of those Torres Strait Islander women whose wartime courage had gone undocumented. Size: Trade Paperback. XVI, 272 pages, including bibliography & chapter notes. A central photographic section in black and white, some reproductions of documents within the text, and four pages of maps. The book is second-hand, it is very slightly faded on the spine section (I think) and previous owners name on the first page. There is no other damage that I can find.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographic &maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Aboriginal; Australia; Women & Feminism. ISBN: 0855753137. ISBN/EAN: 9780855753139. Inventory No: 0243538. . 9780855753139

Angus & Robertson, Pymble, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photographs & drawings. apart from the previous owner's bookplate on the inside of the front cover, there is no damage to describe, the dustjacket having been protected since purchase. Acknowledging the invaluable contribution of Australia's indigenous people to his research, the author tells us how Aboriginal Australians hunted, gathered, stored and cooked the foods which he now uses in his own innovative recipes. Plants, seafood, herbs, spices fruit grubs and wildlife are all described, along with recipes. There are many items of Aboriginal interest, as well as photographs taken by Warwick Kent the book was awarded winner of the International Association of culinary professionals Julia Child cookbook award Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs & drawings.… Leer más

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. clean copy, slightly rubbing to the bottom of the spine action of the hardcover binding, slight spotting to the top edge of the text plot, internally clean, no annotations. This extraordinary book is a collector's item: a landmark in the history of Australian photography and a tribute by one very gifted man to the multifarious beauties of his birthplace – front fold over blurb. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [12] pages, 40 leaves of coloured plates & maps. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; Aboriginal; Australia; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0207141258. ISBN/EAN: 9780207141256. Inventory No: 0128774. . 9780207141256