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The Uluru Statement from the Heart has been awarded the Sydney Peace Prize. This landmark statement was formed via an agreement of 250 Indigenous delegates. It calls for a constitutionally-enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament and was issued to Australians on 26 May, 2017. You can read about how the statement came into being in books found below.
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Although conceived as a catalogue accompanying the major exhibition at he National Museum, this splendid book is also a special record of one of the most important Indigenous story sequences. It aims to both share and preserve knowledge, and vibrantly documents artworks and the stories of the sisters who flee from one water source to the next, pursued by a lustful shape-shifter.
Spine-tinglingly beautiful - and an important resource for anyone who wishes to learn about the spiritual, cultural and ecological pathways of this extensive songline. Lindy
NAIDOC WEEK 2021 had the theme of HEAL COUNTRY! NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in the 1920's which sought to increase awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
There's a momentum that has gathered pace in recent times, with people continuing to expand their knowledge, understanding and appreciation of Australia's long history. With that realisation, we will begin to make demands of our leaders to formally acknowledge that history in our nation's foundation documents, governance and in our children's schooling.
A new Australian identity will emerge that fully embraces our indigenous beginnings alongside our later development through colonialism and immigration - expanding the lens on our nation's history for a fully inclusive and rich cultural heritage that is intrinsic and celebrated by the whole nation.
Growth through literature is something we truly believe in and Abbey's is a proud supporter of the INDIGENOUS LITERACY FOUNDATION. You can DONATE BELOW by simply adding the ILF item below to your order to donate $2. Every donation counts. To donate more, just change the order quantity. Click through on the first item below for more info.
The aim is to inform and inspire Australian's about the value of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' first languages and why learning in language is important.
Looking After Country with Fire
Aboriginal Burning Knowledge With...
Hardback
$24.99
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Papa Mawal-mawalpa Tjuta / Too Many Cheeky Dogs
Pitjantjatjara / English
Hardback
$24.99
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Walking in Gagudju Country
Exploring the Monsoon Forest
Hardback
$29.99
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The Emu Who Ran Through the Sky
Book 2 in Tales from the Bush Mob...
Paperback
$22.99
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The Art in Country
A Treasury for Children
Hardback
$29.99
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Finding Our Heart
A Story about the Uluru Statement...
Hardback
$24.99
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Dhanggati Dreaming Stories 1 & DVD / Dhanggati Barrunbatayi...
Mixed media product
$29.95
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Dhanggati Dreaming Stories 2 & DVD / Dhanggati Barrunbatayi...
Mixed media product
$29.95
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On a Barbarous Coast
What if there was an alternative...
Paperback
$29.99
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The Little Red Yellow Black Book
An introduction to Indigenous Australia...
Paperback
$19.95
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Finding the Heart of the Nation
The Journey of the Uluru Statement...
Hardback
$39.99
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It's Our Country
Indigenous Arguments for Meaningful...
Paperback
$29.99
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A First Nations Voice in the Australian Constitution...
Hardback
$120
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Tell Me Why
The Story of My Life and My Music...
Sheet map
$79.99
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The Legacy of Douglas Grant
A Notable Aborigine in War and Peace...
Paperback
$26.99
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The Boys from St Francis
Stories of the Remarkable Aboriginal...
Paperback
$34.95 $12
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Aboriginal Sydney
A guide to important places of the...
Paperback
$29.95
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Culture is Life
A Photographic Exploration of Aboriginal...
Hardback
$39.99
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Noongar Bush Tucker
Bush Food Plants and Fungi of the...
Paperback
$34.99
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Our Mob Served
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
Paperback
$39.95
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Aboriginal People and Australian Football in the Nineteenth...
They Did Not Come from Nowhere
Hardback
$175.95
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The Other Side of the Frontier
Aboriginal Resistance to the European...
Paperback
$29.95
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Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia...
Perspectives of Early Colonists...
Paperback
$69.95
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Australia
The Vatican Museum's Indigenous...
Paperback
$40
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Yijarni
True stories from Gurindji Country...
Paperback
$39.95
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Traditional Healers of Central Australia
Ngangkari
Paperback
$49.95
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You call it desert - we used to live there
Paperback
$39.95
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Does the Media Fail Aboriginal Political Aspirations?...
45 Years of News Media Reporting...
Paperback
$39.95
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Talkin' Up to the White Woman
Indigenous Women and Feminism (20th...
Paperback
$24.99
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Unmasking the Racial Contract
Indigenous Voices on Racism in the...
Paperback
$39.95
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A Grammar and Dictionary of Gathang
The Language of the Birrbay, Guringay...
Hardback
$74.95
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Gumbaynggirr Dictionary & Learners Grammar
Bijaar Jandaygam Ngaawa Gugaarrigam...
Hardback
$89.95
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Darkinyung Grammar and Dictionary
Revitalising a Language from Historical...
Paperback
$69.95
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Dhurga Dictionary and Learners Grammar
a South-East Coast NSW Aboriginal...
Paperback
$34.95
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WESLEY ENOCH, QUANDAMOOKA
Transcript from ABC television broadcast, 7.30
"January 26 fills me with a lot of trepidation. I feel a bit fearful because it is also a moment where I'm reminded that the country wants to forget me.
It keeps saying that, "This is the most important story, the arrival of the First Fleet is the most important story that defines our nation." And I know it is different than that.
I reckon that as Australians, we have a real identity problem. We think that we're young and scrappy and we're lucky. Where in fact, we should be elders on the world stage.
We have the oldest living culture on earth and it is here in this landscape and the more we think that we can learn from Indigenous Australia rather than thinking of it as a deficit model then I think we'll have an Australia Day that is more important and embraced by everyone.
I reckon we spend a lot of energy saying, "Change the date. Change the date." When in fact the energy needs to be change the minds and hearts of Australians.
Let's have a voice to parliament. Let's talk about treaty. Let's talk about sovereignty. Let's make permanent changes that actually help us all grow as Australians.
We need to build some identity that is from deep within and it starts with our relationship with this country, our relationship with the First Peoples and then this idea of how we can work together to make structural change and not just the window dressing."
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