First Nations Learning Resource
Young Adult Fiction
Heat and Light by Ellen Van Neerven
Becoming Kirrali Lewis by Jane Harrison
Calypso Summer by Jared Thomas
Songs that Sound like Blood by Jared Thomas
Sister Heart by Sally Morgan
Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina
The Tribe 1: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina
The Tribe 2: The Disappearance of Ember Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina
The Tribe 3: The Foretelling of Georgie Spider by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Meet Me At the Intersection edited by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Rebecca Lim
Mrs Whitlam by Bruce Pascoe
Rise of the Fallen by Teagan Chilcott
Brontide by Sue McPherson
Wraith by Alexandra Smithers and Shane Smithers
My Father’s Shadow by Jannali Jones
Two Ways Strong: Jaz’S Story by Claire Scobie, Indigenous Literacy Foundation, Kristine Ellis
Remembered By Heart: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing by Sally Morgan
Ruby Moonlight by Ali Cobby Eckermann
Grace Beside Me by Sue McPherson
Fog a Dox by Bruce Pascoe
Njunjul the Sun by Meme McDonald, Boori Monty Pryor
Maybe Tomorrow by Meme McDonald, Boori Monty Pryor
A Most Peculiar Act by Marie Munkara
Fiction and Non-Fiction
Growing Up Aboriginal by Anita Heiss
Tracker by Alexis Wright
Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
Fire Front ed. by Alison Whittaker
Inside my Mother by Ali Cobby Eckerman
The Swan Book by Alexis Wright
The White Girl by Tony Birch
Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko
Song Spirals By Gay’wu Group of Women
Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
Stolen by Jane Harrison
The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman
The Yield by Tara June Winch
Black is the New White by Nakkiah Lui
Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman
Shadowboxing by Tony Birch
That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott
Talking to my Country by Stan Grant
Too Afraid to Cry Ali Cobby Eckerman
Talkin’ Up to the White Woman by Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta
Because A White Man'll Never Do It by Kevin Gilbert
My Place by Sally Morgan
Poetry
Kindred by Kirli Saunders
Blakwork by Alison Whittaker
False Claims of Colonial Thieves by Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella
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Indigenous Publishing: https://www.magabala.com/ https://www.austlit.edu.au/BlackWords https://aiatsis.gov.au/aboriginal-studies-press
Reading: https://www.reconciliation.org.au/ https://junkee.com/black-deaths-in-custody- australia?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_6_2_2020_18_11) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/01/deaths-in-our- backyard-432-indigenous-australians-have-died-in-custody-since-2008 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/02/australia- still-turns-a-blind-eye-to-aboriginal-people-dying-in-police-custody https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/01/family-of- david-dungay-who-died-in-custody-express-solidarity-with-family-of- george-floyd https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng- interactive/2018/aug/28/deaths-inside-indigenous-australian-deaths-in- custody https://theconversation.com/au/topics/indigenous-youth-11121 https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/writing-aboriginal-and-torres-strait- islander-characters-fiction https://www.wheelercentre.com/notes/we-need-diverse-books-because- an-indigenous-perspective-on-diversity-in-young-adult-and-children-s- literature-in-australia https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/why-australian-ya-needs- more-torres-strait-islander-writing/ https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/2014/07/kyd-no-18-teaser-edges- centres-and-futures-reflections-on-being-an-indigenous-speculative- fiction-writer/ https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/nakkiah-lui-the-project/ https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/indigenous-deaths-in-custody/ https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/indigenous-australians/atsi-adolescent- youth-health-wellbeing-2018/contents/summary https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/11/young- indigenous-17-times-more-likely-to-be-in-detention-than-other- australians https://australianstogether.org.au/discover/the-wound/indigenous- disadvantage-in-australia/ https://humanrights.gov.au/about/news/speeches/investing-indigenous- youth-and-communities-prevent-crime https://westerlymag.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Kwaymullina- Ambelin-Literature-Resistance-and-First-Nations-Futures.pdf https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/practical-ways-you-can- support-aboriginal-lives-matter/12308386
Viewing: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/australian-dream https://iview.abc.net.au/collection/518 https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/subject/documentaries https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/ https://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/ https://www.indigitube.com.au/ https://indigenousx.com.au/inspirational-indigenous-australian-tedx- talks/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y1T3JfzRGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7FU8zuHaHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqgrSSz7Htw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUIgkbExn6I https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_mieni_using_aboriginal_traditions_t o_teach_tech/up-next
Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/tiddas-4-tiddas/id1471481625 https://www.buzzfeed.com/prettyforanaboriginal https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/podcast/sbs-nitv-radio
Support: https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/ https://changetherecord.org.au/ https://www.yalari.org/ https://www.wf.org.au/ https://starsfoundation.org.au/ https://reddust.org.au/ https://www.seedmob.org.au/ http://www.blackrainbow.org.au/ https://sistersinside.com.au/ https://changetherecord.org.au/ https://healingfoundation.org.au/ https://www.hrlc.org.au/ https://antar.org.au/ https://www.gofoundation.org.au/ https://firstnationsfoundation.org.au/ https://www.kari.org.au/ https://www.gofoundation.org.au/ http://www.aief.com.au/ https://nasca.org.au/ https://www.hopest.org/support-resources/indigenous https://www.beyondblue.org.au/who-does-it-affect/aboriginal-and- torres-strait-islander-people/helpful-contacts-and-websites https://www.naccho.org.au/