Yinti leaves the dry sandhill country to work on a cattle station, a shock transformation shared by a generation. The story of Yinti’s contact with white society, is both poignant and humorous. Jimmy Pike, internationally acclaimed Aboriginal artist, illustrates his own adventures with striking works of art.
Magabala Books
Jimmy invites the Queen of England to come visit him and some other Walmajarri people in WA. He wants her opinion on vacant crown land and Native Title. Jimmy and Pat take the Queen hunting and to the waterholes. Beautiful pictures by Jimmy Pike evoke the outback.
Backroom Press
‘A story from the Paakantji People of the Darling River, NSW. Malkarra told the Paakantji people something bad was going to happen. If only they had listened to Malkarra they would’ve been gone when the star fell’ ... A great book presenting an Aboriginal story from NSW in collage effect with photos, paintings, decorated maps and speech bubbles.
Aboriginal Studies Press
TDK Audio Book Award Special Commendation 1997
About aboriginal children looking out for each other as they struggle to conform to the Good Christian Way. It captures their laughter, their tears, their wisdom and the pranks that helped them survive this clash of culture, religion and personality. No illustrations.
“A powerful recreation of some shameful days ... this book tells uncomfortable truths ... the rich culture of the aboriginal people was misunderstood” ... Robert Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia. This first book by Glenyse Ward is excellent for developing literacy readers as it also charts the progress of the main character into the reading/writing world. No illustrations.
This is a spirited and deeply moving story, full of humour and insight. Alice Nannup courageously tells us exactly what it was like to grow up as a black woman in Australia. “There are many missing heroines in Black Australia and Alice is one of them”. Sally Morgan. No illustrations.
