Reconciliation Week
Resources on Reconciliation: Books to read, videos and music for Monash staff and students, mainly available through Search
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Behrendt, Larissa. Home. St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 2004. – Online and PRINT
Behrendt, Larissa. Resolving Indigenous Disputes: Land Conflict and Beyond. Leichhardt, NSW: The Federation Press, 2008. - PRINT
Birch, Tony, Broken Teeth - PRINT
Elder, Bruce. Blood on the Wattle: Massacres and Maltreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788. Frenchs Forest, NSW: New Holland, 3rd ed. 2003 - PRINT
Frankland, Richard. Digger J Jones. Linfield NSW: Scholastic Press, 2007. - PRINT
Frankland, Richard. Walking into Bigness. Strawberry Hills, NSW: Currency Press, 2017. - PRINT
Gillespie, Neil. Reflections: 40 Years on from the 1967 Referendum. Adelaide: Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, 2007 – PRINT
Howarth, Kate. Ten Hail Marys: A Memoir. St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 2010 - PRINT
Langton, Marcia, Welcome to country : a travel guide to Indigenous Australia, (2018) – PRINT
Moreton-Robinson, Aileen. Talkin’ up to the White Woman: Aboriginal Women and Feminism. St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 2000 – PRINT
Moreton-Robinson, Aileen. Sovereign Subjects: Indigenous Sovereignty Matters ,Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2007- PRINT
Moreton-Robinson, Aileen. The White Possessive: Property, Power and Indigenous Sovereignty. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015 - ONLINE
Ogden, John, Saltwater people of the Fatal Shore (2012) - PRINT
Pascoe, Bruce. Dark Emu: Black Seeds, Agriculture or Accident? Broome, WA: Magabala Books, 2014 PRINT and ONLINE
Pascoe, Bruce. Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in Love with your Country. Canberra ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press, 2007 PRINT & ONLINE
Russell, Lynette. Savage Imaginings: Historical and Contemporary Constructions of Australian Aboriginalities. Kew, VIC: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2001 - PRINT
Russell, Lynette. A Little Bird Told me: Family Secrets, Necessary Lies. Crows Nest NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2002 - PRINT & ONLINE
Tatz, Colin. Black Pearls: the Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame. Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2018. – PRINT
Templeton, Robyn and Sarah Jackson, Tell me why , (2004) - PRINT
Tonkin, Daryl and Landon, Carolyn. Jackson’s Track: Memoir of a Dreamtime Place. – PRINT
Wallace, Kathleen Kemarre., Listen Deeply : Let These Stories In, -- PRINT
MUSIC, VIDEO
Bangarra Dancers, Mathinna (DVD) - (2008) - ONLINE
Red, Yellow, Black and White: Music for Reconciliation for two pianos and percussion, commissioned by Ars Musica Australis. The premiere, given by Daniel Herscovitch, Michael Leslie, Daryl Pratt and Alison Eddington, was recorded and broadcast on ABC-FM – Score is on order, due 27 May 2019
Warumpi Band, Blackfella, Whitefella (1985) – ALBUM See also: YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/yxz7CYkQltE
Goanna [Shane Howard] Solid Rock (1982) – ALBUM See also: YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/tSNxFGW09Mo
Yothu Yindi’s Treaty is on two CDs: Tribal Voice and One Blood Treaty (the song) by Yothu Yindi was the first song in an Aboriginal language (Gumatj) to gain extensive radio airplay in Australia 1992. See also: YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/Jf-jHCdafZY
Dhungala choral connection songbook - SCORE A lovely collection of songs features the experiences and languages of Aboriginal Children from around Australia. All the songs illustrate the beauty and complexity of Aboriginal languages through the powerful medium of song, in particular, ‘Reconciliation Now”.We have a few copies. It has the sheet music and an accompanying CD. – Illustrated version
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Meet the Orchestra 2014 (Indigenous composer) YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/4ZMCEDKhDc4
A song contest was held for the first time during National Reconciliation Week 2014 and asked people to come together to sing for reconciliation. Delta Goodrem and Gurrumul judged the content: YOUTUBE: Best original: Kylie Kain , best school: Bray Park State School
The Song Keepers- - film about Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir, which sings in a number of languages including Western Arrernte and Pitjantjatjara languages, has undertaken a national tour and has travelled to Germany to perform Lutheran hymns from 19th Centre, in local (Central Australian) language.