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Baptised Among Crocodiles: A History of the Daintree Aboriginal Mission, 1940-1962
Russell Guy
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2015.“Sometime around 1930, an Irish pentecostal missionary, Isobella Hetherington arrived at Mossman in Far North Queensland. She was accompanied by an Aboriginal woman named Nellie who was a talented vocalist. Together they began ministering to the Kuku Yulanji Aboriginal people who had been forced to gather in small groups throughout the Daintree Rainforest. Ten years later, a Mission was built on land purchased by the Assembly of God (Qld) beside the Daintree River and 50 to 70 people moved there. For the next 20 years, they grew bananas and pineapples, built homes and struggled with a government policy that controlled most aspects of their lives. This is the story of how, in a rapidly changing world, the Kuku Yulanji and the Missionaries sought to understand each other at a time before Reconciliation became a national objective.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Architecture in Brisbane (Volume 1)
Graham de Gruchy
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications, 2012. -
Gentlemen of the Flashing Blade
Bianka Vidonja Balanzategui
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2015.Studies in North Queensland History, Number 12. Foreword by Henry Reynolds. First published in 1990 by James Cook University.
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Health Quality in Indigenous Communities: A Culturally Secure Quality Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services
Christine Ryan
Gold Coast: Keeaira Press, 2010. -
A People’s Movement: Reconciliation in Queensland
Charmaine Foley; Ian Watson
Gold Coast: Keeaira Press, 2001. -
Trolling for Sharks: Adventures of a Teacher in a Remote Aboriginal Community
Trev Brown
Gold Coast: Keeaira Press, 2005.“This collection of short stories tell of Trev Brown’s time as a teacher at the Angurugu School on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Being a manual arts teacher Trev put his practical skills to good use. Even if you are not interested in things mechanical it is impossible to put the book down until you find out what happens to the outboard engine that he finds at the bottom of a river and struggles to get going. He tells of rebuilding boats and cars, modifications to his house, rivets falling from airplanes, Friday nights at the Bartalumba Bay Fishermen’s Club and water-skiing in shark and crocodile-infested waters. Even the time he spent in the classroom had its share of excitement. Like the time an upset student arrived at school with his father’s spears and a few ended up through the school doors. Another time parents had to scare off crocodiles and sharks from the nearby river so a swimming carnival could be held, as the residents of the nearby mining town did not want Aborigines using the local swimming pool. Trevs skillful writing keeps the reader amused as you discover how exciting a schoolteacher’s life can be.” (publisher’s blurb)
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This Is My Heritage
Michael Aird; Mandana Mapar
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 2015.Photographs and stories from a 2015 exhibition at the Queensland Museum, celebrating twelve indigenous artists and educators.
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Not Just A School: St Peters Lutheran College
Clarrie Burke; Nicky Boynton-Bricknell; Jan Hurwood
Brisbane: CopyRight, 2012. -
What Is Appropriation? An Anthology of Writings on Australian Art in the 1980s & 1990s
Rex Butler
Brisbane: Institute of Modern Art, 2004.“It was probably Ad Reinhardt, though it could have been Sherrie Levine or even Andy Warhol, who remarked that you only know you are doing something original when everybody else is doing it. This book explores this and other paradoxes raised by the practice of appropriation the quotation and use of other artists’ work that became widespread in the 1980s. Why was the practice so uniquely popular in Australia? What did it say about the relationship of Australian art to the art of other countries; about white art to Aboriginal art; and about contemporary art to the art of the past? How and why does appropriation fundamentally challenge habitual ways of looking at pictures and thinking about art? The essays and pictures in this book provide answers to these questions, but always in the knowledge that the enigma of appropriation remains.”
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How Can I Use Herbs in My Daily Life?
Isabell Shipard
Nambour: David Stewart, 2021.Over 500 herbs, spices and edible plants. An Australian, practical guide to growing with culinary and medicinal uses.
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Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake
John MacGillivray
London: T. & W. Boone, 1852.Commanded by the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. &c. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, etc. To which is Added the Account of Mr. E. B. Kennedy’s Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula.