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Books

  • Aboriginal tools of the rainforest by the Aboriginal people of Jumbun; Jumbun Elders Reference Group and Helen Pedley 1997
  • About this little devil and this little fella by Albert Barunga; Magabala Books 1999
  • Anna the goanna and other poems by Jill McDougall, Aboriginal Studies Press 2000
  • As I Grew Older by Ian Abdulla, Omnibus Books 1993
  • Bangu the flying fox, story retold by Jillian Taylor; Aboriginal Studies Press 1994
  • Barn-Barn Barlala the bush trickster by May L O’Brien Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1992
  • The bat and the crocodile by Jacko Dolumyu and Hector Sandaloo, Ashton Scholastic 1987
  • Betty and Bala and the proper big pumpkin by Lorraine Berolah, Lily Jane Collins and Noel Cristaudo, UQ Press 1999
  • Big rain coming by Katrina Germein, Roland Harvey 1999
  • Bip the snapping Bungaroo by Narelle McRobbie, Magabala Books 1990
  • The Budara story by Ross and Olive Boddington, Magabala Books 1996
  • Caden Walaa by Karin Calley, Jam Roll Press1994
  • Children of the great lake by Percy Trezise, Angus and Robertson 1992
  • The Cave painters by Percy Trezise, Collins Publishers Australia 1988
  • Dabu the baby dugong by Selena Solomon, Magabala Books 1992
  • Dan's Grandpa by Sally Morgan, Fremantle Arts Centre 1996
  • Deadly unna? by Phillip Gwynne, Penguin 1998
  • Desert dreamings by Diedre Stokes, Reed International 1997
  • Dirrangun by Eustan Williams and Lucy Daley, Angus and Robertson 1994
  • Down the hole, up the tree, across the sandhills: running from the State and Daisy Bates by Edna Tantjingu and Eileen Wani Wingfield, IAD Press 2000
  • The Drover's boy by Ted Egan and Robert Ingpen, Lothian 1997
  • The Echidna and the shade tree by Mona Green, Ashton Scholastic 1984
  • Emu, Gecko and the little boy retold by Alex Barlow, Macmillan 1991
  • Enora and the black crane by Arone Raymond Meeks, Ashton Scholastic 1991
  • Ernie dances to the didgeridoo by Alison Lester; Hodder Children's 2000
  • Excuse me Captain Cook, who did discover Australia? by Michael Salmon, Martin Educational 1988
  • Father sky and mother earth by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Jacaranda Press 1992
  • Fire: Aboriginal Technology, by Alex Barlow; Macmillan Education Australia 1994
  • Fraser Island legends retold by Olga Miller, Jacaranda Press 1993
  • From the dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal legends by Jean A Ellis, Collins Dove 1991
  • Goanna jumps high by Urandangi State School, Magabala Books 1999
  • Going for Kalta; hunting for sleepy lizards at Yalata by Yvonne Edwards, Brenda Day and Tjitji Tuta (all the kids), IAD Press 1997
  • Going for oysters by Jeanie Adams, Omnibus Books 1991
  • Growing up at Uluru Australia with stories and pictures by Stan Bredden, Steve Parish 1995
  • Growing up in Kakadu Australia with stories and pictures by Stan Bredden; Steve Parish 1995
  • Growing up Walgett: young members of the Walgett Aboriginal community speak out edited by Cilka Zagar; Aboriginal Studies Press 1990
  • Gurangatch and Mirragan retold by Alex Barlow, Macmillan 1991
  • Homelands and frontiers by Alan Tucker, Omnibus Books 1999
  • Housing: Aboriginal Technology, by Alex Barlow, Macmillan Education Australia 1994
  • How Kaaloo set the waters flowing retold by Alex Barlow,  Macmillan 1991
  • How the birds got their colours by Mary Albert, Ashton Scholastic 1993
  • How the kangaroos got their tails by George Mung Mung Lirrmiyarri, Aston Scholastic 1987
  • How the sun was made: an Aboriginal legend, retold by Katherine Morris,  Little Hills Press 1984
  • Images in ochre: the art and craft of the Kunwinjku by Adrian Parker; Kangaroo Press 1997
  • In your dreams by Sally Morgan, Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1997
  • Jalygurr, Aussie animal rhymes: poems for kids,  by Pat Torres, Magabala Books 1998
  • Jimmy and Pat meet the Queen by Pat Lowe, Kim Books (Backroom) 1997
  • Just a little brown dog by Sally Morgan, Sandcastle Books 1997
  • The Kangaroo and the porpoise by Agnes Lippo, Ashton Scholastic 1987
  • The Kangaroos who wanted to be people by May L O'Brien, Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1992
  • Kaltja now: indigenous arts Australia edited by Ian Chance, Wakefield Press 2001
  • Kimberley Warrior: the story of Jandamarra by John Nicholson, Allen and Unwin 1997
  • Land of the dingo people by Percy Trezise, HarperCollins 1997
  • Land of the emu people by Percy Trezise, Angus and Robertson 1998
  • Land of the magpie goose people by Percy Trezise, Angus and Robertson 1997
  • The Lore of the land: paintings and stories by the children of Gia and Ngaro Homelands, Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland 1997
  • Look and see by Shane Morgan, Magabala Books 1999
  • Magic boomerang by Frane Lessac and Mark Greenwood, Plantagenet Press 1994
  • Minah: a poem in four parts collected by Roland Robinson, related by Percy Mumbullah, Angus and Robertson 1995
  • Moonglue by Daisy Utemorrah,  Magabala Books 1993
  • Nana's gift by Margaret Brusnahan, Omnubis Books 1998
  • Ngalculli the red kangaroo by Percy Trezise, Collins 1996
  • Pigs and honey by Jeanie Adams, Omnibus Books 1989
  • Nukkin' ya by Phillip Gwynne, Penguin 2000
  • Nungadin and Willijen by Percy Trezise and Mary Haginkitas, Angus and Robertson1992
  • Oodgeroo Noonuccal: poet, painter and elder of her people by Al Grassby, Macmillan 1991
  • Papunya School book of country and history by Naida Wheatley, Allen and Unwin 2001
  • Quinkin mountain by Percy Trezise, Angus and Robertson 1995
  • Rainbow bird, an Aboriginal folk tale from Northern Australia retold by Eric Maddern,  Frances Lincoln 1993
  • The Rainbow Serpent by Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Kabul Oodgeroo Noonuccal, AGPS 1998
  • Side by side by Alan Tucker, Omnibus Books 1997
  • Spirit country: contemporary Australian Aboriginal art by Jennifer Isaacs, Hardie Grant Books 1999
  • Stradbroke dreamtime by Oodgeroo Noonuccal,   Angus and Robertson 1995
  • The Story of Crow: a Nyul Nyul Story by Pat Torres and Magdalene Williams, Magabala Books 1998
  • The Story of the falling star by Elsie Jones, Aboriginal Studies Press 1989
  • Tiddalick the frog who caused a flood: an adaption of an Aboriginal Dreamtime legend by Robert Roennfeldt, Kestrel Books 1983
  • This is still rainbow snake country by Catherine Berndt, Martin Educational 1983
  • The Tiger snake and other stories from the Gunggari People, Walingu Aboriginal Corporation 2000
  • Too big for your boots by May L O'Brien, Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1994
  • Too many Captain Cooks by Alan Tucker, Omnibus Books 1994
  • Trade: Aboriginal Technology, by Alex Barlow, Macmillan Education Australia 1994
  • Tucker by Ian Abdulla, Omnibus Books 1994
  • Tucker's Mob by Christobel Mattingley, Omnibus Books 1992
  • Wanari’s dreamtime: Aboriginal myths for children by Dale Roberts, Art Australia 1989
  • Warnayarra the rainbow snake told by the Senior Boy's Class Lajamanu School, Ashton Scholastic 1997
  • The Whalers collected by Roland Robinson, HarperCollins 1996
  • What do you say? by May L O'Brien, Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1994
  • When the snake bites the sun by David Mowaljarlai, Ashton Scholastic 1984
  • Which Jack by May L O'Brien, Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1994
  • Who's that jumbun in the log by Narelle McRobbie, Magabala Books 1996
  • Why the brolga has only two chicks retold by Alex Barlow, Macmillan 1991
  • Why the emu can’t fly by May L O’Brien, Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1992
  • Winin: why the emu cannot fly by Mary Charles, Magabala Books 1994
  • Women’s Technology: Aboriginal Technology, by Alex Barlow, Macmillan Education Australia 1994
  • Wunambi the water snake by May L O'Brien, Aboriginal Studies Press 1991
  • Wurradi, Wondee and the dancing brolgas by Sue Maytom, Greater Glider Productions 1999
  • Yinti: desert child by Pat Lowe, Magabala Books 1992

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Last updated: 1 September 2004