Category: Australiana | Series: Aboriginal Library Ser.
A collection of traditional Aboriginal tales, myths and legends. Learn how Yhi the sun goddess introduced life to the world, why the emu cannot fly and how the kangaroo got its tail. This new edition includes a glossary, giving the English translation for many Aboriginal words used in the text.
Category: Australiana
The Green and Gold Cookery Book was first compiled in 1923 as a fundraising initiative of King's College (now King's Campus, Pembroke School, South Australia). In 1999 Pembroke School celebrated 25 years since its foundation and the 75th anniversary of King's College. This edition of the book is publish ...Show more
Category: Australiana
The autobiography, as told to Douglas Lockwood, of Waipuldanya, a full blood Aboriginal of the Alawa tribe at Roper River in Australia's Northern Territory. In his youth, Waipuldanya was taught to track and hunt wild animals, to live off the land and to provide for his family with the aid only of his sp ...Show more
Category: Australiana
Instant Aussie is an informative and fun way to truly immerse yourself in fair dinkum Aussie culture without ever having to leave the comfort of your own home.The ideal gift for travellers, or relatives and friends back home.Instant Aussie covers ...all the important topics of Australia s foundation and ...Show more
Category: Australiana
Bush Remedies is a readable and well-researched introduction to the huge variety of native plants in Australia with medicinal properties. The Aboriginal people exploited this diversity and harvested the bounty of the land with ingenuity. The colonists found the strange flora almost incomprehensible. A l ...Show more
Category: Australiana
Grandparents are special, and the time you spend with them is special, too. This collection draws together four tales for younger readers from the Waarda series of Indigenous stories, first edited by acclaimed author Sally Morgan. These charming tales share some exciting, happy and even scary times expl ...Show more
Category: Australiana
Over vast expanses of time, fire and humanity have interacted to expand the domain of each, transforming the earth and what it means to be human. In this concise yet wide-ranging book, Stephen J. Pyne?named by Science magazine as ?the world?s leading authority on the history of fire??explores the surpri ...Show more
Category: Australiana
100 Aussie Things We Know and Love puts the Australian way of life under a forensic lens, vigorously examining the socio-political underpinnings of the Australian character. Nah, just kidding! We'll just take you on a whistle-stop tour through the country's greatest people, places, animals, food, e ...Show more
Category: Australiana | Series: Aboriginal Library Ser.
A.W. Reed. This book presents a wealth of poetic and imaginative tales from Aboriginal cultural heritage. While retelling the stories simply, this book captures the mystical bonds that exist between Aboriginal people, their environment and the spirit life of the Dreamtime.
Category: Australiana
Two of Graham Seal's bestselling collections of stories from around Australia, now in one volume.
Category: Australiana
Of all the qualities that distinguish a truly outstanding restaurant or food experience, perhaps truth, love and care are the most important: a passion for creating food that is so good it will never be forgotten; an environment that makes that extraordinary food taste even better; and a care for the gr ...Show more
Category: Australiana
Stories of Aboriginal people culture, including Albert Namatjira. Tribes represented: Aranda , Djumindjung, Wailbri , Pitjentjarra Nongomeri , Iwaija , Jabu and Moola Boola Douglas Lockwood began writing books based on his own knowledge and experiences with the Aborigines of northern and central Austral ...Show more
