Books
Aboriginal photography in a new light
Aboriginal people weren’t necessarily the passive subjects of those early photographs. A new book, Calling the shots, tells the story......
A Most Peculiar Story
“A Most Peculiar Act” is the second novel for Indigenous author Maria Munkara. Set in Darwin during World War II,......
Our poisoned planet a bigger risk than climate change
Our children are sicker; cancer, obesity, allergies and mental health issues are on the rise in adults; and, frighteningly, we......
Australia’s missed opportunities for action on climate change
While the Coalition ploughs ahead with its promise to axe the carbon tax and bring in it’s alternate “Direct Action”......
Surprise! Becoming a mother doesn’t always destroy your life
Writer Antonella Gambotto-Burke spent her pregnancy wondering whether she had it in her to love her child. She’d spent her......
Aunty Doris Pilkington Garimara remembered through her stories
Australia has lost one of its most influential Aboriginal storytellers, with the recent passing of author Aunty Doris Pilkington Garimara.......
Tasmania’s forgotten Black War
In 1824 war broke out between settlers and Aboriginals in Tasmania. The war raged for 8 bloody years and claimed......
Could a children’s book be the key to saving an Indigenous language?
The Penan are the Indigenous people of the jungles in Borneo and one of the last nomadic groups in the......
The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
The Eureka Stockade story is one of Australia’s foundation legends, but until now it has been told as though only......
Christos Tsiolkas on class, shame, and how to recover from failure
Acclaimed author of The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, has a new book out which once again takes on the social issues......