143 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.Blurb: The title of this book is taken from the story of an Aboriginal who sold his 'dreaming', or sacred tribal birthright, to the white man for five sovereigns and two bottles of rum. In collecting and reporting these stories, Roland Robinson has retained the style of speaking of each Aboriginal narrator. The stories are actually verbatim narratives, and Robinson was taken by his Aboriginal friends in New South Wales to visit the sacred mountains, rivers, rocks, and waterholes that are featured in this book.aboriginal australians -- folklore. | legends -- new south wales.

143 p. ; 21 cm.Contents: Arrival in the colony & visit to the diggings; Road-making in Victoria; The tents and their occupants; Mounted police and their operations; Government Land Surveying; The mounted police again; The sessions at the diggings; Australian Birds; Birds Continued; Australian Animals; The Aboriginal inhabitants; Sheep and cattle stations; Climate and vegetable productions of Australia; Melbourne and its suburbs; Adventures narrated by a log-fire; A voyage to China; Three months in China and voyage to Sydney. Prehistory, early culture contact and history -- Early European contact -- Exploration and expeditions -- Colonisation -- 1851-.Other: Mounted Police -- Black Forest -- Wood End.burrows, william, 1830- -- journeys -- victoria. | victoria -- description and travel -- 1851-1900.

152 p. : ill., maps. ; 25 cm.The book seeks to provide a readable account of traditional Aboriginal society in Australia, and of what happened to that society after the European invasion began in 1788.aboriginal australians -- history. | aboriginal australians -- social life and customs.

194 P.; refs; footnotes; reviews; bib; 25 cm.Under the title " John Piper, "Conqueror of the Interior", the article deals with the Aboriginal who accompanied Major Mitchell on his 1836 expedition. The article relates the whole journey with an extensive picture of his travels through Victoria.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1788-1850 | race relations - violent - massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - to 1900 | settlement and contacts - explorers | occupations - domestic servants | social organisation - kinship - systems | occupations - pastoral industry workers | race relations - racism - stereotyping |

217 P. fac. ill. notes; footnotes; refs. photographs.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | aboriginal circus performers, australia. | honorary correspondence scheme. victoria 1860-1868 and 1869-1904 | andrew porteus honorary correspondent, northern wathaurung, reports - mt. emu tribe. | edward stone parker - protector loddon aboriginal station. | dja dja wurrung, loddon protectorate. | aboriginal oral histories - childhood and playlore australian childhood folklore collection, museum victoria.

237 P.; ill,; figs.; tables; notes; reviews; 24 cm.This volume of 'Australian History' is devoted to studies of the south-eastern corner of the Australian continent. The papers arose from a series of meetings convened with Professer R. W. Dixon in 1981. They involved scholars from the disciplines listed, all concerned with the south-east. A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1788-1850 | race relations - violent - massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - to 1900 | sex relations | indigenous knowledge - world view | language - personal names | language - semantics | social identity | language - sociolinguistics | government policy - state and territory - new south wales | socioeconomic conditions - living conditions | language - linguistics - language classification | language - vocabulary - word lists | language - linguistics | geography - territories and boundaries | art - rock art - painting | art - production - materials / techniques | art - art motifs |

251 p. ; 30 cm. + 1 CD-ROM.The CD-ROM contains the Index and also selected transcriptions by Pauline Byrt Centre for Australian Indigenous Strudies Monash University, and transcriptions of Linguistic Data relating to the language of the Melbourne area by Stephen D. Morey Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University.thomas, william 1793-1867 - assistant protector of aborigines, indexes - thomas william-papers-mitchell library collection |, victoria-history-aboriginals-1838-1867.

278 p. : ill., facsims., plan, ports. ; 21 x 29 cm. Copy signed by both authors.1. horsham (vic.) -- history. i. finch, alan, 1934-, 2. aboriginal inhabitants. p.2-4, 3."mulga fred"

30 p. : ill. (some col.), ports., col. maps ; 20 x 26 cm.aboriginal australians -- civil rights -- juvenile literature.

30 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. aboriginal australians -- education (primary) -- victoria. | teachers of children with social disabilities -- training of -- victoria.

38 unnumbered pages colour illustrations, map ; 26 x 31 cm.Ian's narrative paintings recall the stories of his youth with refreshing simplicity, while their rich textures and brilliant colours evoke a deep love for a time and a place that are never very far from his imagination.He has mounted seven solo shows and fifteen joint exhibitions and represented in many galleries throughout Australia, including the National Gallery.abdulla, ian w., 1947-2011 -- childhood and youth. | aboriginal australians -- murray river region (n.s.w.-s.a.) -- food -- juvenile literature. | aboriginal australians -- south australia -- food -- juvenile literature. | aboriginal australians, in art -- juvenile literature. | painting, australian -- south australia -- aboriginal artists -- juvenile literature. | wild foods -- murray river region (n.s.w.-s.a.) -- juvenile literature. | wild foods -- south australia -- juvenile literature.

40 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations, 1 colour map ; 26 x 31 cm.As I Grew Older affirms the culture of rural Aborigines who, despite being dispossessed, have been determined to stay onb their own land. The painting of Ian Abdulla offer us a window on to the life of an Aboriginal Family on the Murray River in the mid-twentieth century.abdulla, ian w., 1947-2011. | aboriginal australians -- murray river region (n.s.w.-s.a.) -- biography. | aboriginal australians -- south australia -- juvenile literature. | aboriginal australians, in art -- juvenile literature. | painting, aboriginal australian -- south australia -- juvenile literature. | murray river region (n.s.w.-s.a.) -- biography. | australian

5-51 P.; maps; charts; refs.; ports,; ill,A resource kit for teachers of Aboriginal languages. "Wurrung Wurrung is a teaching and learning kit for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and teachers at primary and secondary level. The kit contains photocopiable activity sheets and resources for studies in cultural awarness through language." -- Publisher's website. "The Wurrung Wurrung Kit is designed to introduce students at all levels to the heritage of Aboriginal languages within the area now known as Victoria. The kit aims to: Create awareness of Victorian Aboriginal languages in the past and present. The kit is not designed for the teaching of languages, Develop students' understanding of the relationship between the languages and culture of Victorian Indigenous people, or Koories, Create awareness of the importance of language to indigenous communities today and to foster respect for these communities and their languages, Highlight the diversity within Aboriginal Victoria and Australia in terms of languages and culture, Provide resources for students and teachers that can be used either as a window into Aboriginal culture generally, or to complement a broader unit of work in indigenous studies."--P. 5.aboriginal australians -- victoria -- languages -- study and teaching. | aboriginal australians -- civilization -- study and teaching. | victoria -- civilization -- study and teaching. |

64 P.; plates; 22 cm.This book is a companion volume to the three opening exhibitions in Bunjilaka: It highlights the key objects, themes and stories within the exhibitions.aborigines, australian-museums-melbourne-bunjilaka., victorian aboriginal history-bunjilaka

85 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Written with a bias towards one view.ebenezer mission station (vic.) | missions -- victoria -- antwerp. | aboriginal australians -- missions -- victoria -- antwerp. | moravian church -- missions -- victoria -- antwerp.

p.283; photos.; charts; bib.; case studies; 25 cm.Identifies factors provoking shift from implicit language policies such as denigration of Aboriginal languages to the development of an explicit language policy where bilingualism replaces English monolingualismlanguage policy -- australia. | education - language - bilingual | language - bilingualism and multilingualism | education - language - indigenous languages | education - indigenous studies | language - maintenance

vi, 104 p. : tables. ; 25 cm.Study of violence against Aboriginal women in selected towns, town camps, communities and outstations in Northern Territory; examines incidence, causes of violence, particularly role of alcohol, methods of dealing with violent situations, and responses of police , courts, health and welfare workers, Aboriginal legal services, womens refuges and alcohol agencies; sees positive aspects in Aboriginal womens use of refuges, new domestic violence laws and campaigns against alcohol; confusion over role of violence in traditional societies.abused women -- northern territory. | wife abuse -- northern territory. | family violence -- northern territory. | women, aboriginal australian -- northern territory. | aboriginal australians -- northern territory -- social conditions. | aboriginal australians -- northern territory -- wife abuse.

vii- xviii; 238 P.; ports; maqps; ill; index.boxers-aboriginal, australian, carnivals-australia-history, sharman, jimmy, boxing - aboriginals, australian.

viii, 138 p. : ill., map. ; 21 cm.Non-technical introduction covering phonology, grammar, vocabulary, sociolinguistics, language relationships pidgin and Aboriginal English, loan words in English, wordlists in Tiwi, Malak-Malak, Alyawarre, Walmajarri, Nyungar, Pitjantjatjara, Wemba-Wemba, Dharawal, Bidyara, Pitta-Pitta, Kalkatungu and Mayi-Yabi. In 1788 Australia had more than 200 such languages -- as different from each other as English is from French. Today, more than 100 are extinct and many of the rest are under threat.Professor Blake describes the sounds, spelling and location of the different languages, and dispels many popular myths.australian languages. | aboriginal australians -- languages. | language - linguistics - phonology and phonetics | language - kriol | language - sociolinguistics - secret and special languages | language - vocabulary - human classification | language - vocabulary - word lists

viii, 51 p. ; 26 cm.Contents: Concepts of youth and adolescence - The Aboriginal youth population in Australia; Urban and rural residence.The health of young Aboriginal people: an overview - Mortality: an overview; Specific data on mortality; Morbidity: an overview; Specific data on morbidity; Presentations at local health centres.Social factors related to youth health - Sexually transmitted Diseases; AIDS: prevalence and education; Social issues and AIDS; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Childbirth among adolescent girls; Social and cultural issues in youthful childbirth; Young mothers; Maternal education; Ear disease: prevalence and social influences; Eye disease: prevalence and solutions.Psychosocial health issues among young Aborigines - Prevalence of drug and alcohol use; Social factors associated with drug use; Stress and mental health; Interpersonal violence, accidents and poisoning; Domestic violence and child abuse.Social factors in overall health - Priorities; Washing; Eating; School; Utilisation of health services; Hospitalisation; Aboriginal Medical Services; Drug and alcohol services.Issues related to urban or remote residence - Health issues and remoteness; 'Street kids'; Sport play and recreation; Some concluding ideas; Recommendations and key issues.aboriginal australians -- health and hygiene. | youth, aboriginal australian -- health and hygiene.

v-ix; 78 P.; plates; 31 cm.The book is an important record of Victoria's Aboriginal people at the end of the twentieth century that I believe reverses negative perceptions about Aboriginal people.aboriginal australians -- victoria -- pictorial works. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- social life and customs -- pictorial works. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- portraits. | families, aboriginal australian -- victoria -- portraits.

v-vi; 400 P. facs. photographs; notes; maps; bib. indexRichard Broome tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians: those who lost most in the ealy colonial struggle for power. 'In this book Richard Broome has managed an enviable achievement. The vast sweeping story of Aboriginal Australia from 1788 is told in his typical lucid and imaginative style.aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | race discrimination -- australia. | australia -- race relations. | australia -- colonization -- history. | stolen generations (australia). | aboriginal australians -- removal -- government policy. | aboriginal australians -- history. | colonization. | race discrimination. | race relations. | australia -- colonization. | australia. | aborigines. | colonisation. | racial discrimination. | social conditions. | history. | aboriginal australians - social conditions. | race discrimination - australia. | australia - race relations. | australia - colonization - history.

v-vii, 188 P. map, ill. notes; photographs; facs. plates; footnotes; timeline; annotations.Blandowski's "Australia" is simultaneously an encyclopedia of Aboriginal life, a visual record of Blandowski's travels from 1849 to 1857 and a collage which combines photograghs, original images and the works of other artists. William Blandowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers from 1856 to 1857. This is the first publication in English of his nineteenth century illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal life.aboriginal australians -- murray river valley (n.s.w.-s. aust) -- social life and customs -- 19th century -- pictorial works. | aboriginal australians -- murray river valley (n.s.w.-s. aust) -- rites and ceremonies -- 19th century -- pictorial works. | material culture. | hunting, gathering and fishing. | body - scarification. | ceremonies. | recreation - games. | weapons - clubs and fighting sticks - fighting. | death - mortuary customs. | death - mortuary / funeral ceremonies - burial.

v-x; 177P.; maps; tables; 25 cm.The papers in this volume represent an activity that is becoming increasingly common: putting together scattered sources, mainly from the nineteenth century, on various Australian languages, particularly languages of south-eastern Australia. These languages are no longer spoken in anything like their full, original form and in many communities only a few words are remembered. aboriginal australians -- victoria -- geelong region -- languages. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- ballarat region -- languages. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- colac region -- languages. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- languages. | wathawurrung dialect. | gulidjan language. |

x, 256 p. ; 25 cm.Blurb: ' This is the first comprhensive set of tables of composition of Australian indigenous foods. The data compiled here will be of interest to biologists and historians, exploreres and chefs, nutritionists and horticulturalists, as well as other Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians.'aboriginal australians -- food. | food -- composition -- tables.

xii, 223 p. ; ill., maps : 24 cm.In Heavy Metal the author attempts to go beyond the socio-political or disease models. Brady focuses on petrol (gasoline) sniffing in a number of Aboriginal communities to arrive at an understanding of the users' subjective decisions to engage in this behaviour.... This informed ethnographic account is the first major published study of contemporary drug use by Aborigines.petrol sniffing -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- health and hygiene. | aboriginal australians -- substance use. | inhalant abuse -- australia.

xiii, 172 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.Surveys the latest developments in Aboriginal music across Australia and traces some of the historical influences which have shaped it.aboriginal australians -- music. | popular music -- australia.

xiv, 198 p., [2] leaves. : ill., maps & ports. ; references; appendix; 20 cm.In 1892 Richard Pybus took up a large land grant on Bruny Island, the traditional home of the Nuenone people of south-east Tasmania. Within months of his arrival there were no Nuenone left on the island - they had either died from disease, or been murdered or exiled. Truganini, the last of the Nuenone, died in 1876, having spent her adult life in exile as a dependent of the colonial government. Describes sealers use of Tasmanian women and Robinson's Port Phillip expedition.truganini, 1812?-1876. | aboriginal tasmanians -- tasmania -- bruny island -- history -- 19th century. | nuenone (australian people) -- tasmania -- bruny island -- history -- 19th century.

xv, 187 p. ; 25 cm.Contents: Archaeology Isabel McBryde; Archives H.J. Gibbney; Artefacts and museums Carol Cooper, Isabel McBryde; Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Diane Barwick, Jane Forge, James Urry; Biography: writing a life story Diane Barwick, Nan Phillips, Tom Stannage; Censuses and other population records L.R. Smith; Court and police records: evidence for Aboriginal history Tom Stannage; Genealogy: tracing family history Diane Barwick, Diane Bell, Francesca Merlan; Government - Government publications on Aborigines Brownlee Kirkpatrick; Government committees and Royal Commissions David H. Bennett. Guardians of history - Aboriginal heritage and the Australian Heritage Commission Josephine Flood; Historical Societies Nan Phillips, Tom Stannage. Land rights - Land rights: recent events and legislation Anita Campbell, Diane Bell, Diane Barwick; Land rights: an introductory bibliography Nicolas Peterson. Language: resources for research Luise Hercus, Francesca Merlan; Libraries James Urry; Maps and mapping John von Sturmer; Missions: settlements, sponsors, sources of information James Urry; Music Alice Moyle; Newspapers Andrew Markus; Oral history interviewing Peter Read; Photographic records - Koorie studies: records of the South Coast Yuin walkabout Guboo Ted Thomas; Photographs old and new Colin Roach; Films and film-making David McDougall; Publishing your work Shirley Andrew, Diane Barwick; Sport: resources for research Michael Mace, Bill Rosser; Tape recording Bryan Butler; Torres Strait Islands: information available in Papua New Guinea Peter Bolger; War and Aborigines Hank Nelson; Women in Aboriginal society: resources for research Diane Barwick, Diane Bell.australian aborigines, to 1979. historical sources. | aborigines, australian -- history. | genealogy. | torres strait islanders -- history -- sources. | aboriginal australians -- genealogy. | aboriginal australians -- history -- sources. | aboriginal australians -- history. | aboriginal australians -- history -- archival resources. | aboriginal australians -- history -- library resources. | aboriginal australians -- history -- bibliography.

xv, 213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.By the 1830's the squatters were poised to extend theri runs over eastern Australia and so dispossess untold thousands of Aboriginal families of their land. Mitchell witnessed at first hand some of the worst years of a monstrous and incomprehensible disaster. More than that, his work directly assisted in this destruction.mitchell, thomas, sir, 1792-1855 -- relations with aborigines, australian -- new south wales. | mitchell, thomas, sir, 1792-1855 -- journeys -- new south wales. | aboriginal australians -- new south wales -- first contact with europeans. | aboriginal australians -- first contact with europeans.