No Way Kirrikipayi!

No Way Kirrikipayi!
Author: Alison Lester
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre: Children's poetry, Australian
ISBN: 9780992478070

Wiradjuri Country

Wiradjuri Country
Author: Larry Brandy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 91
Release: 2021-11
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN: 9780642279866

The Wiradjuri are the people of the three bila (rivers) and their nguram-bang (Country) is the second largest in Australia. Come with Uncle Larry Brandy on an enlightening journey through his Country's rivers, woodlands, grasslands and rocky outcrops, as well as the murri-yang (sky world).This is a unique book combining language, culture, Indigenous history and storytelling, written by a Wiradjuri author.

Young Dark Emu

Young Dark Emu
Author: Bruce Pascoe
Publisher: Magabala Books
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2019-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1925768821

*Longlisted for the CBCA 2020 Eve Pownall Award for Information Books* *Winner of the Booksellers' Choice 2020 Children's Book of the Year Award* *Shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature* *Shortlisted for the ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-12)* *Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2020: Children's* Age range 10+. The highly-anticipated junior version of Bruce Pascoe’s multi award-winning book. Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers. Using the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, Bruce Pascoe compellingly argues for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer label for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. He allows the reader to see Australia as it was before Europeans arrived — a land of cultivated farming areas, productive fisheries, permanent homes, and an understanding of the environment and its natural resources that supported thriving villages across the continent. Young Dark Emu — A Truer History asks young readers to consider a different version of Australia’s history pre-European colonisation. 'Adapted for a younger readership from Pascoe's best-selling Dark Emu, this exquisitely illustrated picture book will transform how we see Australian history. Bruce uses the diaries of early explorers and colonists to show us the Australia where Aboriginal people built houses, dams and wells and farmed the land.' — Fiona Stager, The Courier Mail

Mad Magpie

Mad Magpie
Author: Gregg Dreise
Publisher: Magabala Books
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2016-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1925360083

Age range 3 to 6 Mad Magpie is the third book in this successful series of morality tales from Gregg Dreise. Inspired by wise sayings and the knowledge of his Elders, Mad Magpie tells the story of Guluu, an angry magpie who is being teased by a gang of butcher birds. The more he is teased, the angrier he becomes. When Guluu seeks advice, his Elders tell him to stay calm like the river, ignore the butcher birds and to be strong on the inside. Guluu tries this, but the cheeky birds just laugh at him. One day, when Guluu is at the river looking for worms, the butcher birds arrive and steal his food. He remembers the words of his Elders and he tries again – and this time Guluu has a different outcome. He stands proudly at the riverbank and remembers how he used to sing when he was having a bad day. Guluu sings so loud he cannot hear the birds laughing at him and they eventually give up and fly away. From that time on, the animals learnt to use music to create a happy mood and they worked together to stop bullying.

Molly the Pig (Moli Det Bigibigi)

Molly the Pig (Moli Det Bigibigi)
Author: Karen Manbullo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2018-08-14
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN: 9780648260424

Written in Kriol and English, this is the story of Molly, a little pig who is rescued from the bush. She's taken back to the community where she finds a happy home. Happy, that is, apart from the local dogs who keep chasing and frightening her.Moli is greatly loved in her community, but what she loves most is Weet Bix. She loves it so much that it's not too long before little Moli is a very big pig indeed. So big, she now chases and frightens the local dogs. All in good fun, of course.The illustrations are an absolute delight, and watching Molly grow and grow and grow will bring a smile to readers' faces and outright laughter at the end.

Johnno

Johnno
Author: David Malouf
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2015-11-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0702258032

"Despite Johnno's assertion that Brisbane was absolutely the ugliest place in the world, I had the feeling as I walked across deserted intersections, past empty parks with their tropical trees all spiked and sharp-edged in the early sunlight, that it might even be beautiful ... " Johnno is a typical Australian who refuses to be typical. His disorderly presence can disturb the staleness of his home town or destroy the tranquillity of a Greek landscape. An affectionately outrageous portrait, David Malouf's first novel recreates the war-conscious forties, the pubs and brothels of the fifties, and the years away treading water overseas.

Loongie the Greedy Crocodile

Loongie the Greedy Crocodile
Author: Lucy Dann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-02-23
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 9781921248542

"A morality tale for young children where Loongie finds out the hard way that being greedy can have dire consequences."--Provided by publisher.

Hey Brother

Hey Brother
Author: Alwyn Owens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781921843105

Quirky rhythmic story, with a lively local feel and the universal theme of fishing. The story celebrates mateship

Magic Beach

Magic Beach
Author: Alison Lester
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2009
Genre: Bathing beaches
ISBN: 1741757258

A 'big-book' edition of Alison Lester's all-time favourite Australian beach book, perfect for library and classroom storytimes.

The Dhurga Dictionary and Learner's Grammar

The Dhurga Dictionary and Learner's Grammar
Author: Patricia Ellis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2020
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781925302622

A people's language is their treasure, and the words of a language represent a shared knowledge developed over centuries. This dictionary is a Dhurga treasure. In it you'll find words showing the natural history knowledge and culture of the Dhurga speaking people; words for family members, which reveal complex ways of relating to people; words that are hauntingly familiar that take you on a journey and fill you with warm memories. For many years Dhurga was a sleeping language. People spoke a few words, but not sentences. The Dhurga Dictionary and Learner's Grammar is a source of great pride, a crucial step forward in revitalising the Dhurga language so that it will be more widely spoken in our Aboriginal communities. This dictionary is the most concise, authentic and valid representation of the Dhurga language ever published.