Reconciliation Week is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the history and culture of Indigenous Australians.
Try these books for younger readers!
- Finding our heart: a story about the Uluru Statement for young Australians
by Thomas Mayor, 2020
This version of Thomas Mayor’s book Finding the Heart of the Nation has been adapted for younger readers.
- Somebody’s Land
by Adam Goodes, 2021
Co-authored by former AFL footballer Adam Goodes, and Ellie Laing, children are encouraged to share our country’s deep past to gain an understanding of Aboriginal history and culture.
- Grandfather Emu, and How the Kangaroo Got Her Pouch
by Rhonda Collard-Spratt, 2021
Learn how Mother Yonga Kangaroo got her pouch and helped Grandfather Emu in this Dreaming story.
- Looking after country with fire: Aboriginal burning knowledge with Uncle Kuu
by Victor Steffensen, 2022
Uncle Kuu takes the reader out on Country to explain how fire is used to encourage new plant life, which in turn creates habitats for humans and animals alike.
- Heroes, Rebels and Innovators: Inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People from History
by Karen Wyld, 2021
Be inspired and amazed by these incredible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander icons! This book tells seven inspiring stories about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people every Australian should know.
- Living in the Forests
by Robert T. Watts, 2019
Forests covered many parts of Australia. The forests were very different. There were rainforests, dry forests and cool forests of the southern sections. The First Peoples lived successfully in all these forests. This reader is in an introduction to the diversity of Australia from an Indigenous perspective.
- Rock Art by Alex Barlow and Marji Hill, 1997
Introduces Aboriginal rock art from around Australia, while also exploring their cultural contexts.
- Passing on the Traditions of Aboriginal Art
by Alex Barlow and Marji Hill, 1997
Examines contemporary Aboriginal artists, awards, collections and art centres.
- The Many Forms of Aboriginal Art
by Alex Barlow and Marji Hill, 1997
An exploration of all forms of Aboriginal art, including sculpture, carving, body art and textile art.
- Sharing
by aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson, 2021
By sharing with each other and caring for Country, we all become stronger.