Collections
Indigenous Perspectives
Sophia Library has a very large number of books written by and about Indigenous and First Nations people. They offer an incredible insight into their lives, and how they continue to fight for equality in their own land.
Click on the titles listed below to find out more about them on our Catalogue - some are also available on OverDrive.
- Namila Benson & Jack Charles - Jack Charles: born-again blakfella (Find on OverDrive here)
- Wally Caruana - Aboriginal art
- Kate Constable - Crow country
- Josephine Flood - The original Australians: story of the Aboriginal people (Find on OverDrive here)
- Renee Fogorty - Fair skin black fella
- Gay’wu Group of Women - Songspirals (on OverDrive)
- Veronica Gorrie - Black and blue: a memoir of racism and resilience
- Anthony Hill - The burnt stick
- Anita Heiss (ed.) - Growing up Aboriginal in Australia
- Gary Lonesborough - The boy from Mish
- Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler - Black cockatoo
- Sally Morgan - The Art of Sally Morgan
- Sally Morgan - My Place (Find on OverDrive here)
- Sally Morgan - Sally’s Story
- Leonie Norrington - The Barrumbi kids
- Bruce Pascoe - Dark Emu - black seeds: agriculture or accident? (Find on OverDrive here)
- Bob Randall - Songman: the story of an Aboriginal elder of Uluru
- Kirli Saunders & David Leffler - Bindi
- Various authors - Baluk wurrung: stories from Aboriginal people in South East Melbourne
By Allison Tomelty, Library Assistant
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My spare heart
By Jared Thomas
This month, we're celebrating NAIDOC Week, and featuring a brand new title from First Nations author, Jared Thomas. He i...
Added 11/07/2022
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Dark emu - black seeds: agriculture or accident?
By Bruce Pascoe
Celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day - Wednesday 1st September! Here's our Book of the Month, but for other books by and ab...
Added 31/08/2021
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