NAIDOC Week 2013 7th - 14th July.
NAIDOC Week, celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people throughout Australia. It's a great opportunity for the community to get involved and show support.
Visiting Sutherland Library during NAIDOC Week?
A selection of titles by Aboriginal and Torres Strait authors have been made available near the front door.
Visiting Sutherland Library during NAIDOC Week?
A selection of titles by Aboriginal and Torres Strait authors have been made available near the front door.
Here is a list of works by Aboriginal authors selected from the Sutherland Shire Libraries collection for NAIDOC Week.
DVDs
Redfern now
Blackfellas
The Sapphires
Colour theory
Boxing for Palm Island
Bran nue day / Jimmy Chi
Shifting sands: from sand to celluloid continued: short films from Indigenous filmmakers
Art & soul: a personal journey into the world of Aboriginal art
Aboriginal rules
Deadly yarns. Short films 1, 2, 3, 4
5 seasons
Liyarn Ngarn
Land of the little kings
A walk with words / Romaine Moreton
Kanyini / with Bob Randall
Fiction
Mullumbimby / Melissa Lucashenko
Kimberley Stories / edited by Sandy Toussaint
Mazin Grace / Dylan Coleman
That deadman dance / Kim Scott - Winner of the Miles Franklin Award 2011
The Boundary / Nicole Watson
Manhattan Dreaming / Anita Heiss
Paris Dreaming / Anita Heiss
Bloke / Bruce Pascoe
Carpentaria / Alexis Wright
Not meeting Mr Right/ Anita Heiss
Avoiding Mr Right / Anita Heiss
Legacy / Larissa Behrendt
Home /Larissa Behrendt
Caprice: a stockman's daughter / Doris Pilkington
Under the Wintamara tree / Doris Pilkington
Follow the rabbit proof fence / Doris Pilkington Young Adult Fiction.
Njunjul the sun / McDonald and Pryor
Who am I? The diary of Mary Talence / Anita Heiss
Manhattan Dreaming / Anita Heiss
Paris Dreaming / Anita Heiss
Bloke / Bruce Pascoe
Carpentaria / Alexis Wright
Not meeting Mr Right/ Anita Heiss
Avoiding Mr Right / Anita Heiss
Legacy / Larissa Behrendt
Home /Larissa Behrendt
Caprice: a stockman's daughter / Doris Pilkington
Under the Wintamara tree / Doris Pilkington
Follow the rabbit proof fence / Doris Pilkington Young Adult Fiction.
Njunjul the sun / McDonald and Pryor
Who am I? The diary of Mary Talence / Anita Heiss
There'll be new dreams / Philip McLaren
Biography/Autobiography
Double native / Fiona Wirrer-George Oochungyung
Ten Hail Marys : a memoir / Kate Howarth
Life b'long Ali Drummond: a life in the Torres Strait / Samantha Faulkner with Ali Drummond
Black swan: a Koorie woman's life / Carolyn Landon & Eileen Harrison
Raparapa: stories from the Fitzroy River drovers / Barney Barnes...et al
Back on the block: Bill Simon's story / Bill Simon, Des Montgomerie and Jo Tuscano
Up from the mission: selected writings / Noel Pearson
Hey mum, what's a half caste? / Lorraine McGee-Sippel
Speaking from the heart /
Isabel Flick
Last truck out / Betty Lockyer
Nova: my story / Nova Peris
My Ngarrindjeri calling / Doreen Kartinyeri
The Mish / Robert Lowe
Once in Broome / Sally Bin Demin
Kimberley stories / edited by Sandy Toussaint
My place / Sally Morgan
Shadow Lines / Stephen Kinnane Non Fiction
Other
The Aboriginal soccer tribe / John Maynard
Our stories are our survival / Lawrence Bamblett
Singing the coast / Margaret Somerville and Tony Perkins
Indigenous peoples / Larissa Behrendt
Kurlumarniny: we come from the desert / Monty Hale (Minyjun)
Maybe tomorrow / Boori (Monty) Pryor
Kayang & me / Kim Scott, Hazel Brown
Mari Nawi : Aboriginal odysseys / Keith Vincent Smith
Biography/Autobiography
Double native / Fiona Wirrer-George Oochungyung
Ten Hail Marys : a memoir / Kate Howarth
Life b'long Ali Drummond: a life in the Torres Strait / Samantha Faulkner with Ali Drummond
Black swan: a Koorie woman's life / Carolyn Landon & Eileen Harrison
Raparapa: stories from the Fitzroy River drovers / Barney Barnes...et al
Back on the block: Bill Simon's story / Bill Simon, Des Montgomerie and Jo Tuscano
Up from the mission: selected writings / Noel Pearson
Hey mum, what's a half caste? / Lorraine McGee-Sippel
Speaking from the heart /
Isabel Flick
Last truck out / Betty Lockyer
Nova: my story / Nova Peris
My Ngarrindjeri calling / Doreen Kartinyeri
The Mish / Robert Lowe
Once in Broome / Sally Bin Demin
Kimberley stories / edited by Sandy Toussaint
My place / Sally Morgan
Shadow Lines / Stephen Kinnane Non Fiction
Other
The Aboriginal soccer tribe / John Maynard
Our stories are our survival / Lawrence Bamblett
Singing the coast / Margaret Somerville and Tony Perkins
Indigenous peoples / Larissa Behrendt
Kurlumarniny: we come from the desert / Monty Hale (Minyjun)
Maybe tomorrow / Boori (Monty) Pryor
Kayang & me / Kim Scott, Hazel Brown
Mari Nawi : Aboriginal odysseys / Keith Vincent Smith
My people's dreaming : an Aboriginal elder speaks on life, land, spirit and forgiveness /Max Dulumunmun Harrison ; featuring photographs and recordings by Peter McConchie.
.............The ABC's Message Stick Program features a video of Uncle Max
Heartsick for country / Sally Morgan
Indigenous Australians for Dummies / Larissa Behrendt
Am I black enough for you? / Anita Heiss
Children's collection
Fog a Dox / Bruce Pascoe
Dead man's gold / Michael Torres
Playground: listening to stories from country and from inside the heart / compiled by Nadia Wheatley
The story of crow : a Nyul Nyul story / written and illustrated by Pat Torres
Savannah dreams / by Lolla Stewart, illustrated by Elaine Russell
Shake a leg / Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod
Demon guards the school yard / Anita Heiss and the students of La Perouse public school
Yirra and her deadly dog demon / Anita Heiss
Indigenous Australians for Dummies / Larissa Behrendt
Am I black enough for you? / Anita Heiss
Children's collection
Fog a Dox / Bruce Pascoe
Dead man's gold / Michael Torres
Playground: listening to stories from country and from inside the heart / compiled by Nadia Wheatley
The story of crow : a Nyul Nyul story / written and illustrated by Pat Torres
Savannah dreams / by Lolla Stewart, illustrated by Elaine Russell
Shake a leg / Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod
Demon guards the school yard / Anita Heiss and the students of La Perouse public school
Yirra and her deadly dog demon / Anita Heiss
Celebrating survival day / Trish Albert
Curly saves grandma's house / Sally Morgan...
Born to run: my story / Cathy Freeman
Dharawal: the story of the Dharawal speaking people.../Les Bursill...
Babu the baby dugong / Selena Soloman
Island treasures: Torres Strait children share stories
Have you read any other great stories, celebrating the lives of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?
Please tell us about them below.
