Bassendean: Nyungah Press, 2014. 1st ed., square octavo, b&w illus, pp 176. Very good condition. Detailed history of discrimination against Aboriginal communities, with many illustrations, including legal documents.
Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 2016. Quarto, pictorial stiff wraps with folding flaps, colour plates, b&w plates, figures, map, references, pp xiii, 179. Newspaper clipping inserted. Previous owner's label title page, othewise clean. Near-fine condition. Uncommon. A copiously illustrated study of the Wanjina (or Wandjina) beings and the mythology surrounding them in.....
Perth: Form, 2013. Square format, stiff pictorial textured wraps, colour plates, pp 111. Very slight wear to the corners. Near-fine condition. Uncommon. A copiously illustrated collection of art, photographs and text from the Ngarluma people of the western Pilbara. The "Ngarluma Ngurra: Aboriginal culture on the map" evolved from a......
Darwin: Summer Institute of Linguistics, Australian Aborigines and Islanders Branch; with the assistance of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 1992. 1st ed., quarto, original stiff wraps, pp 441, Minor wear to the covers. Clean. Note pages 309 to 332 have been printed upside down. Very.....
Sydney: Bible Society Australia, 2017. 1st ed., quarto, flexible illustrated boards with folding flaps, map, many colour plates, pp 237. Near fine condition. Copiously and beautifully illustrated by 66 artists from over 40 First Nations of Australia. "Our Mob, God's Story is an art book with a difference, with more.....
Perth: Murdoch University, 1980. 1st ed., royal octavo, printed wraps, pp 104. Includes bibliography. Very good condition. Thesis, presented for honours degree of history at Murdoch University, based on original research. [The history of Jandamarra or Tjandamurra (c. 1873 - 1 April 1897), known to British settlers as Pigeon.] "This.....
Adelaide: Dept. of Environment & Planning, 1988. South Australia Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia Aboriginal Heritage Branch, Oodnadatta Aboriginal Housing Society. Quarto, illustrated printed wraps with cloth spine, glossary, bibliography, maps (including one folding), two plates, pp 244. Very good condition. Aboriginal history, South Australia. Chapters include: Antkarajina.....
Darwin: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1990. Based on information provided by members of many Walmajarri communities. 1st ed., quarto, illustrated wraps, b&w text illus, map, pp 398. The cover is curling along the edge. Very clean. Near-fine condition. A very detailed guide to speaking Walmajarri, with over 300 pages of.....
Melbourne: Museum of Victoria, Aboriginal Studies Department, 1992. 1st ed., quarto, stiff illustrated wraps, many colour and b&w illus, pp 72 including bibliography and index. Near fine condition. Copiously illustrated study of a range of Aboriginal women's artefacts, with information on their creation, use, and cultural significance.
Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1981. 1st ed., quarto, stiff wraps, maps, references, pp xxiv, 427. Creasing to wraps. Clean. Very good condition. This handbook makes available short grammatical sketches of Australian languages. Each grammar is written in a standard format, following guidelines provided by the editors, and includes a......
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1981. Royal octavo, wraps, map, pp x, 238. Light wear to the edges and corners. Clean. Very good condition. Uncommon. "This descripion of Mayi languages has been written mainly for two different groups: (a) people with a special interest in the Flinders-Leichhardt area, especially.....
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1964. 1st ed., quarto, original printed wraps with cloth stapled spine, pp iii, 166. Cloth rubbed at and next to the staples with some loss. Contents clean, Very good condition. The papers in this collection are: Barbara J. Sayers and Harland B. Kerr -.....
Melbourne: Monash University, 2020. Octavo, wraps, colour and b&w plates, maps, bibliography, index, pp xviii, 510. Light creasing to upper corner, spine and earlier pages.. Previous owners' sticker inside front wrap, otherwise clean. Very good condition. In 1946 Aboriginal people walked off pastoral stations in Western Australias Pilbara region, withdrawing.....
![Item #106374 Aboriginal Politics in Southwestern Australia. [with compliments signed]. Michael C....](https://muirbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/106374.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1782292562)
Nedlands: University Of Western Australia Press, 1981. 1st ed., octavo, wraps, b&w fronts. port., illus, maps, pp xii, 173, incl Index. Presentation copy slip signed by author. Very good condition.
Darwin: Northern Territory University Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management, 1998. 1st ed., slim ctavo, illustrated wraps, map, pp (vi), 89. Pencilled notes on halftitle page, occasional pencil marks in text. Very good condition. Examination of environmental issues facing Aboriginal peoples in northern Australia; discusses the impact of.....
Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1998. Octavo, wraps, bibliography, index, pp 295. Previous owner's signature. Very good condition. Examines the racial thinking behind the Stolen Generations and other policies, and challenges Australians to focus on critical issues in the nation's path to reconciliation.
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1999. Octavo, wraps, bibliography, index, pp 228. Occasional pencil lines and marks. Very good condition. Describes how the aspirations of Aboriginal Australians are expressed through a political system designed, first and foremost, for the white majority. Discusses Mabo, Wik, Native Title, the Stolen Generation, etc....
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1998. Octavo, wraps, bibliography, index, map, pp xvii, 163. Pencilled underlining and annotations in text. Good condition. Offers a new way of understanding how the Aboriginal sacred inhabits the modern nation. Includes discussion of specific sites such as Coronation Hill, Hindmarsh Island, and Uluru...
WA: Juluwarlu Aboriginal Corporation, 2024. 1st ed., quarto, stiff illustrated wraps with folding flaps, colour plates, pp 96. Fine condition. Copiously illustrated artist book, the life and work of emerging artist and Yindjibarndi Elder Wendy Hubert. "Wendy's artistic journey began only a few years ago with Juluwarlu, but her connection.....
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1989. Octavo, wraps, pp xxiv, 141. Near-fine condition. This collection of essays explores the active role of women in Aboriginal cultural and relgious life.
London: G. Bell & Sons, 1920. 1st UK, original cloth backed boards with title and pictorial onlay, illus title page. decorative initial capital letters for each day, illus endpapers, pp 250, ii, Previous owner's signature halftitle page, uncut, some wear and loss along spine edge. Very good condition. Ralph Waldo.....
West Perth: ACE, 2015. Gerard David et al (Illus). 1st edition, quarto, pp.(vii), 214, profusely illustrated with colour plates, 3 of which are folding, dec. eps., orig gilt dec pictorial bds. Fine condn. The Rothschild Prayer Book is a masterpiece of Flemish Renaissance art. The prayer book which was purchased.....
West Perth: ACE Pty Ltd, 2013. 1st ed., quarto, pp.80, col. Illus & plates, uncut, top edge gilt, pictorial e.p.s., original illustrated boards. Near fine condition. "...Kerry Stokes's approach to collecting manuscripts shares [Cornelius J.] Hauck's interest in the unusual, the yet to be researched and explained. There is a......
Sydney: Reed, 1982. Illus. Charles Blackman. 1st ed. thus, quarto, original cloth boards, dustjacket, colour plates, colour and b&w illus, pp 128. Light chipping and small split to upper dustjacket, with the usual fading to spine. Near-fine condition in very good d.j. Alice in Wonderland, lavishly illustrated by Charles Blackman.....
![Item #106516 Bradshaw Art of the Kimberley [Signed by author]. Grahame L. Walsh](https://muirbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/106516.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1782209763)
Toowong (Qld): Takarakka Nowan Kas Publications, 2000. 1st ed thus, oblong folio, pp.x, 464, profusely illustrated with over 620 colour photographs and 2,000 illustrations, maps. Original boards, colour plate laid onto front of imitation crocodile leatherette boards, decorated endpapers. Loosely inserted fold-out colour brochure. Signed and dated (17.8.2000) by author.....