Offers an overview of the use of drugs among Aboriginal people and surveys the extant international literature. This book also gives descriptions of the interaction between the setting and the users, examines the substance itself, and canvasses a range of possible intervention programs.

To most visitors and locals, Darwin is a vibrant, tropical city in the Top End. This title shows the heritage and complex cultures of Aboriginal people, both before and since colonisation. It includes contemporary and historical sites that range from the harbor to the beaches, monsoon forests, gardens, parks, camping places and exhibitions.

This is a story of the time when the earth was young and the land was being created. It tells of a powerful and awesome water snake called Wunambi. The Wongutha people of the Eastern Goldfields area of Western Australia say that this huge creature roamed the earth, and that the great tracks it made became the creeks and rivers we know today.

Native title has dramatically altered the law and public policy in Australia. This title traces the development of the courts' thinking from the original decision Mabo v Queensland [Number 2], through to the significant High Court cases in 2002, and the Federal Court's implementation in cases like De Rose, and the recent Bennell decision in 2008.

Ali Drummond is author's grandfather. Orphaned when young, Ali took to a life at sea aged just fourteen. Originally taken on as an apprentice, Ali applied himself to learning the skills he needed to survive and prosper in a sometimes dangerous life seeking pearl shells, trochus and beche de mer. This title presents his story.

Based on the knowledge and stories of the local Koories. For them plants are important traditionally and in their everyday life. Wreck Bay community members reminisce about their lives and provide practical information about how local plants can be used for food, games, medicines and tools.

This is a powerful cross-disciplinary approach to the topic of the power of knowledge and the resonance of tradition as they relate to indigenous studies. This collection covers diverse topics such as art practice, pastoralism, sea laws, native title, sustainability, health, broadcasting and culture, change and tradition.

A comprehensive history of gorgets(crescent-shaped badges worn around the neck indicating military rank) that were presented by white colonialists to Aboriginal 'chiefs' and others who helped to ease the white people's progress in the new land. Highly illustrated pictures of the gorgets from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Encompasses the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing - from the multiplicity of shelters used in pre-invasion times to the cottages built by Victorian missionaries, through the children's dormitory to the compound and its terrors of disease and overcrowding.

Explores how Indigenous men understand their lives, their health and their culture. Using conversations, stories and art, this title shows how Kimberley desert communities have a cultural value and relationship described as kanyirninpa or holding.

The duck-billed, web-footed, paddle-tailed fur-covered platypus watched a yellow duck playing at a billabong. The little platypus longed to be a little duck with yellow feathers, bobbing and paddling around in circles on the water. How the little platypus, became the curious creature, that is found diving in the billabongs and rivers of the bush?

The Yarra Bend Park marks one of the most important post-contact places in the Melbourne metropolitan area, and is of great significance to Victorian Aboriginal people. At this site was located the Merri Creek Aboriginal School, the Merri Creek Protectorate Station, The Native Police Corps Headquarters and associated Aboriginal burials.

Death and denial constituted two critical moments in the colonisation the north of Australia. Whether denial takes the form of stride refusal or the more subtle form of blank indifference, the result is the same: the past is concealed. This book unleashes that past and concealment.

Highlights the ambiguous social position of Aboriginals living in the Northern Territory. This book presents insight into race relations, the contradictory attitudes of missionaries and police. It also reflects morality and religion as well as political developments.

Brings together a range of contemporary explorations of Indigenous music and dance in the Torres Strait and the tropical regions of the Northern Territory. This title shows how traditional music and dance have responded to colonial control and to other forces beyond local control. It offers an understanding of the history of Torres Strait music.