Decolonisation
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Decolonisation
Resources We Have Found Useful in Our Work as Non-Indigenous Allies
Photo by Daniel Boud, for Bangarra.
This article was originally published in June, 2020.
Equality Institute acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country across Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded — this was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.
We would also like to acknowledge that we are a non-Indigenous organisation, we cannot speak for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. These are resources that we have found useful in our learning as non-Indigenous allies.
Contents
Books for teens & adults
Books for children
Films and Television Shows
Short Videos
Podcasts
Art & Design
Shopping
Theatre & Dance
Music
Festivals
Educational Resources
Eat
This list is by no means exhaustive – we are not experts on these matters, nor do we speak on behalf of any group. We would like to highlight important Indigenous resources including Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), The Uluru Statement and Common Ground.
We acknowledge the work that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and people have done, and continue to do, and we would like to champion their work first and foremost.
As allies, we continue to learn and aim to always improve in the work we do and we welcome any and all feedback. If you have any feedback you’d like to share, please contact us at hello@equalityinstitute.org.
Books for teens & adults
Hey Mum, What’s a Half Caste?, Lorraine McGee-Sippel
My Father’s Shadow, Jannali Jones
The Light Horse Ghost, Julie Janson
Noongar Bush Medicine, John Horsfall, Vivienne Hansen
Talking To My Country, Stan Grant
The Politics of Suffering, Nell Gabiam
Manhattan Dreaming, Anita Heiss
Because a White Man’ll Never Do it, Kevin Gilbert
Warren Mundine in Black and White, Warren Mundine
The Wounded Sinner, Gus Henderson
Kulinmaya!, Mumu Mike Williams
Story About Feeling, Bill Neidjie
Eddie’s Country, Simon Luckhurst
Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance, Banjo Woorunmurra Howard Pedersen
Yorro Yorro: Everything Standing Up Alive, David Mowaljarlai Jutta Malnic
Yinti, Desert Child, Jimmy Pike Pat Lowe
Maralinga, the Anangu Story, Yalata, Oak Valley Communities with Christobel Mattingley
Becoming Kirrali Lewis, Jane Harrison
Two Sisters, Eirlys Richards Jukuna Mona Chuguna Ngarta Jinny Bent Pat Lowe
Talkin’ Up to the White Woman, Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, Anita Heiss
A Most Peculiar Act, Marie Munkara
False Claims of Colonial Thieves, Charmaine Papertalk Green John Kinsella
Black is the New White, Nakkiah Lui
Terra Nullius, Claire G. Coleman
Too Much Lip, Melissa Lucashenko
Us Women, Our Ways, Our World, Darlene Oxenham Jeannie Herbert Jill Milroy Pat Dudgeon
Welcome to Country, Marcia Langton
Inside My Mother, Ali Cobby Eckermann
Benang: From the Heart, Kim Scott
Books for children
Going to the Footy, Debbie Coombes
Respect, Fay Stewart-Muir, Sue Lawson and Lisa Kennedy
What do you call a baby…?, Kamsani Bin Salleh
Shake A Leg, Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod
Do Not Go Around the Edges, Daisy Utemorrah and Pat Torres
Counting our Country, Jill Daniels
Girls Can Fly, Ambelin Kwaymullina and Sally Morgan
Our World: Bardi-Jaawi Life at Ardiyooloon, One Arm Point Remote Community School
Our Home, Our Heartbeat, Adam Briggs, Kate Moon and Rachael Sarra
How the Birds Got Their Colours: An Aboriginal Story, Pamela Lofts and Mary Albert
Mum’s Elephant, Maureen Jipiyiliya Nampijinpa O’Keefe and Christina Booth
Cooee Mittigar: Story on Darug Songlines, Jasmine Seymour and Leanne Mulgo Watson
Baby Business, Jasmine Seymour
Brother Moon, Maree McCarthy Yoelu and Samantha Fry
Black Cockatoo, Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
Once There Was a Boy, Dub Leffler
Living on Stolen Land, Ambelin Kwaymullina
A Is for Aunty, Elaine Russell
Bubbay’s Desert Adventure, Josie Wowolla Boyle and Fern Martins
Lucky and Spike, Norma MacDonald
Welcome To Country, Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy
Little Bird’s Day, Sally Morgan and Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr
In the Bush I See (Young Art series), Magabala Books and Kiara Honeychurch
Clever Crow, Nina Lawrence and Bronwyn Bancroft
Our Birds: Ŋilimurruŋgu Wäyin Malanynha, Siena Stubbs
Films and Television Shows
Learn Indigenous Australian creation stories – ‘Songlines on Screen’ multimedia features
Short Videos
Nayuka Gorrie on why she wants a treaty
Marumpu Wangka! Kukatja Hand Talk
Meyne Wyatt – Monologue from City of Gold
The Dreamcarver: a portrait of PAMPILA
Back Roads Dreaming and Other Stories
Telling Our Stories – Our Stolen Generations
Stephen Oliver NAIDOC Awards 2015
Archie Roach Back to Charcoal Lane Series
DPM’s Break It Down – The Road Show
Yolngu people from Arnhem Land
Podcasts
Autism Our Way- No Shame in Sharing
Debutante: Race, Resistance and Girl Power
Art & Design
Salty One Here
–Desirai Art
Shopping
Theatre & Dance
Music
Festivals
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF)
Educational Resources
Yulunga Traditional Indigenous Games
Eat
