Chapman, Valerie, and Peter Read, eds.Terrible Hard Biscuits: A Reader in Aboriginal History. Allen & Unwin, 1997. A collection of essays by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal authors that explores the main themes in the history of Aboriginal Australia. For upper elementary school readers.
Kleinert, Sylvia, and others, eds.The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture. Oxford University Press, 2000. A beautifully illustrated overview that clarifies the complexities of Australia's aboriginal culture.
Morin, Paul.Animal Dreaming: An Aboriginal Dreamtime Story. Silver Whistle, 1998. An Aboriginal tale of how the animals of long ago created their own idyllic world. For younger readers; especially suited for reading aloud.
Mulvaney, John, and Johan Kamminga.Prehistory of Australia. Smithsonian, 1999. An expansive general reference that details 40,000 years of Australian Aboriginal cultures, languages, and practices. For general readers.
Reynolds, Henry.This Whispering in Our Hearts. Allen & Unwin, 1998. Celebrated historian Reynolds's account of the efforts of some early settlers in Australia to live in harmony and fellowship with the Aborigines. For general readers.
Sabbioni, Jennifer; Kay Schaffer; and Sidonie Smith, eds.Indigenous Australian Voices: A Reader. Rutgers University Press, 1998. An anthology of Australian Aboriginal and Islander writing, with poems and extracts from novels written from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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