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LENNY AND THE BIG RED GULLAI
A Yugambeh Language Book
story and illustrations by Faith Baisden

As Lenny takes his walk and collects insects, we learn some of the words that relate to the bush, to the landscape and the little creatures that can be found there. This is a beautifully illustrated childrens book that teaches words from the Yugambeh language region of south-east Queensland.

First edition 2008, card cover, 16 pages, cover illustrations, ISBN 978-0-9805359-0-7

$20.00

NGUDJUNG YUGARANG
Mothers Heartbeat: a collection of poems
by Bobby McLeod

Bobby McLeod is well known as a singer, songwriter, performer, writer and political activists and now this book proves he is a talented poet as well. As both a singer and a writer he has realeased several albums and books. To say that Bobby is multi-talented and skilled and that he has had an amazing life journey would be an understatement. This book features paintings by Malcolm Jagamarra and sketches by Jose Buscunan-Gomez alngside poems by Bobby.
First edition 2008, card cover, 96pages, fully illustrated, ISBN 978-0-9580359-2-7

$50.00

THE CUNNING OF RECOGNITION
Indigenous Alterities and the Making of Australia Multiculturalism
by Elizabeth A. Povinelli

The Cunning of Recognition is an exploration of liberal multiculturalism from the perspective of Australian Indigenous social life. Elizabeth A. Povinelli argues that the multicultural legacy of colonialism perpetuates unequal systems of power, not by demanding that colonised subjects identify with their colonisers but by demanding that they identify with an impossible standard of authentic traditional culture. Povinelli draws on seventeen years of ethnographic research, native title claims, as well as on public records, legal debates, and anthropological archives to examine how multicultural forms of recognition work to reinforce liberal regimes rather than to open them up to a true cultural democracy. The Cunning of Recognition argues that the inequity of liberal forms of multiculturalism arises not from its weak ethical commitment to difference but from its strongest vision of a new national cohesion. In the end, Australia is revealed as an exemplary site for studying the social effects of the liberal multicultural imaginary: much earlier than the United States and in response to very different geopolitical conditions, Australian nationalism renounced the ideal of a unitary European tradition and embraced cultural and social diversity.

First edition 2002, card cover, 340pages, cover artwork by Judy Watson, ISBN 978-0-8223-2868-1

$50.00

ANIMALS FIRST
The Story of Pioneer Australian Conservationist & Zoologist Dr David Fleay
by Rosemary Fleay-Thomson

Dr David Fleay's success have been many, the only succesful and scientifically documented platypus breeding in captivity and he milked the first taipan for anti-venene production in 1950. After working for several decades in Victoria he established his own Fauna Reserve at West Burleigh in south-east Queensland in 1952. He co-founded the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland in 1962 and wrote a weekly newspaper column for over 30 years. Because of his dedication and persistance to create interest in native fauna and flora, Australians today are much more aware of the uniqueness and value of the bush and its wonderful inhabitants. He was a true trail-blazer for all who have followed in his footsteps.
First edition, 2007, cardcover, B&W and colour photos, 338 pages, ISBN 978-0-9804228-0-1

$50.00

THE TREE THAT DREAMED IT COULD FLY
by Diana Lindley Fuller

The Tree That Dreamed It Could Fly is a children's storybook for use by primary school teachers in the development of science education projects. This book is a life cycle story about the relationship between some tree seeds and the earth, butterfly eggs and caterpillars, growth, change and butterflies flying. The book raises several issues that could be asked of students, such as; where does the tree get it's food and water to grow? What does the caterpillar eat to makes it's cocoon? Which other creatures change shape when they grow? What do you feel when you see a butterfly flying? Diana Fuller is an actor, writer, story teller, visual artist a grandmother and a lover of country. This is her first storybook for children. Beautifully illustrated in colour by Diana and recommended for five to nine years olds.

First edition, 2008, cardcover, 20 pages, ISBN 978-0-646-47735-0

$25.00

NGUTJI
by Lionel Fogarty

For over 20 years Lionel Fogarty retained a limited number of his 1984 publication Ngutji. He wanted these books to once again be available to readers, but first he requested the book be recovered. So in 2008 Keeaira Press has made available the book Njutji with a new cover. Many of Lionel's books are no longer available, which makes this book very rare and a must have for any collector of Australian Aboriginal poetry.

1984 first edition recovered 2008, colour artwork, glossary, ISBN 0-9594998-3-0

$30.00

LIFE B'LONG ALI DRUMMOND
A Life in the Torres Strait
by Samantha Faulkner and Ali Drummond

At the age of 14 Ali Drummond took to a life at sea in the Torrres Strait. Ali applied himself to learn the skills needed to survive and prosper in a sometimes perilous life. He learnt from the Japanese divers he crewed with, becoming an expert diver for pearl shells, trochus and beche de mer, and later a skipper himself. After war service and years on the mainland, cutting cane, roadworking and supporting his growing family, Ali returned to his beloved Torres Strait. He is a valued community member and has been sought out to provide advice about the maratime environment he knows so well. Sam Faulkner has skilfully weaved the humour and colourful stories together with spirited reminiscences as told to her by her grandfather.
First edition 2007, cardcover, 90pages, B&W photos, map, ISBN 13-978-085575-556-0

$25.00

SUNSHINE STATE-SMART STATE
by Djon Mundine

At various times in history particular political and social forces have led to the creation of artists and art of a certain style, attitude, action or philosophy. Bjelke-Petersens’s Queensland in the 1980s, aka the ‘Sunshine State’, was a defining time for Queensland artists. Many of state’s most talented and creative people left. A shift in the political landscape in more recent times and a re-branding of Beattie’s Queensland as the ‘Smart State’ has two decades later, encouraged many artists to return home. This catalogue was produced for the Sunshine State-Smart State exhibition which was curated by Djon Mundine and opened at Campbelltown Arts Centre in July 2007. Featured are essays by Djon Mundine and Michael Aird and also the work of nine acclaimed artists, including Tracey Moffatt, Richard Bell, Fiona Foley, Vernon Ah Kee, Judy Watson, Gloria Thanakupi, William Yang, Lindy Lee and Ken Thaiday.
First edition, 2007, cardcover, 52 pages, ISBN 978-1-875199-57-0

$15.00

STORY PLACE
Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest
Queensland Art Gallery

This art catalogue accompanies the Story Place exhibition held at the Queensland Art Gallery in 2003. For the first time in one book, the art and culture of Cape York is presented through a series of essays, interviews and artist and community profiles. This book is fully illustrated with over 200 photographs, it features the art work, the people and the environments of Cape York. Contributing authors include: Lindy Allen, David Burnett, Sally Butler, Peter Denham, Julie Ewington, Barry Hunter, Trish Johnson, Djon Mundine, Avril Quail, Lynne Seear and Peter Sutton

First edition, 2003, cardcover, 240 pages, Colour and B&W photographs on art paper, map, ISBN 1-876509-678

$50.00

NEW AND SELECTED POEMS
Munaldjali, Mutuerjaraera
by Lionel Fogarty

Lionel Fogarty has been acclaimed as one of the most important voices to emerge from a radical new generation of Aboriginal writers. Here is a poet that uses the English language in a new and unique way. His poems are writen with directness, honesty and passion. In this book lionel has combined a selection of poems from previous publications together with several new works.
First edition, 1995, cardcover, 154 pages, ISBN 1-875657-18-5

$25.00

EYE CONTACT
Photographing Indigenous Australians
by Jane Lydon

The Coranderrk Aboriginal Station was opened near Melbourne in Victoria in the 1860s. The photographs taken at Coranderrk were circulated across the western world; they were mounted in exhibition displays and classified among other ethnographic data within museum collections. Jane Lydon reveals how western society came to understand Aboriginal people through these images. At the same time the same time, she demonstrates that the photos were not solely a tool of colonial exploitation. The residents of Coranderrk had a sophisticated understanding of how they were portrayed, and they became adept at manipulating their representations.
First edition, 2005, cardcover, 304 pages, map, index, B&W and colour reproductions of original photos, ISBN 0-8223-3572-7

$55.00

THE CULTIVATION OF WHITENESS
Science, Health, and Racial Destiny in Australia
by Warwick Anderson

The Cultivating of Whitness is an award-winning history of scientific ideas about race and place in Australia from the time of the first European settlement through to World War II. Chronicling the extensive use of biological theories and practices in the construction and "Protection" of whiteness. Warwick Anderson describes how displaced "Britishness" (or whiteness) was defined by scientists and doctors in relation to a harsh, strange environment and in oppostion to other races. He also provides the first account of extensive scientific experimentation in the 1920s and 1930s on poor whites in tropical Australia and on Aboriginal people in central Australia.
First edition, 2003, card cover, 390 pages, index, maps, B&W photos. ISBN 0-8223-3840-8

$50.00

SHOOSH!
The History of the Campfire Group
by Michael Eather

The Campfire Group was a collective of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists established in Brisbane in 1990. This book attempts to cover Campfire's innovations and experiments, the odd political struggle, its creative idealism and artistic opportunism. It embraces numerous places and tales, the shared experiences of dozens of artists and other arts industry identities.
First edition, 2005, card cover, large format, 126 pages, fully illustrated
ISBN 1-875792-53-8

$25.00

STEAM PIGS
By Melissa Lucashenko

This is Melissa Lucashenko's first novel. Melissa makes no apologies, with direct and gutsy language, her characters live their lives in the shadows cast by indifferent affluence. In the book Sue Wilson, young and Aboriginal, escapes her "too-large, too-poor family in a too-small" north Queensland town for Logan City's frontier sprawl. Entering "the mythic world of work" she discovers that the view from behind the bar is less than glamerous, but pays the rent. When she meets Roger the good times begin to roll until she finds herself starring in a feature with medium level violence.

Reprinted 2001, cardcover, 148 pages
ISBN-0-7022-2935-0

$20.00

PORTRAITS OF OUR ELDERS
by Michael Aird

Portraits of Our Elders is an important collection of studio photographs of Aborigines taken from the 1860s to the 1920s. This book accompanied the Queensland Museum's exhibition Portraits of our Elders which travelled extensively throughout the 1990s. Michael Aird has compiled photographs from the exhibition as well as others from private collections. Through these photographs you can look into the eyes of these elders and ask yourself about the lives thay may have lived. These photographs give an insight into the changes in Europeans perceptions of Aborigines and of Aborigines' perceptions of themselves.
First edition 1993, cardcover 72 pages, fine art paper, fully illustrated
ISBN 0 7242 57179

$30.00

BURIED COUNTRY
The Story of Aboriginal Country Music
by Clinton Walker

To some, black skin and country music may seem unlikely bedfellows. But from early stars like Jimmy Little and Herb Laughton through Dougie and Wilga Williams to Vic Sims, Bob 'Brown Skin baby' Randal, Bobby McLeod, Issac Yama and Roger Knox. Aboriginal country music is a very real phenomenon. A long rich tradition that's still alive today in Troy Cassar-Daley and Archie Roach.
2000, cardcover, 323 pages, index, illustrated with rare photos and memorabilia.
ISBN 1 86403152 2

$40.00

MY BUNDJALUNG PEOPLE
By Ruby Langford Ginibi

When Ruby Langford Ginibi was eight years old her father collected his daughters from Box Ridge mission, and drove them to safety out of reach of the white authorities and the policy of removing Aboriginal children from their families. As an established author and activist Ruby travels back to her home in Bundjalung country to trace and record the history of her community and her roots. The reader is taken aboard the journey home, down the backroads of Northern New South Wales into homes and conversations of cousins, auntie's and tribal elders.

First edition 1994 cardcover, 220 pages, B&W photos, glossary
ISBN 0 7022 2637 8

$20.00

OLD MAN FOG
and the Last Aborigines of Barrow Point
by John B. Haviland with Roger Hart

Weaving together Roger Hart's childhood recollections, the myths of Old Man Fog, and excerpts from Government and missionary records, John Haviland reconstructs the rich, complicated history of the Barrow Point people and their removal to the Hopevale Mission, during a period when traditional Aboriginal life was being systematically dismantled. The book is illustrated with the artwork of Tulo Gordon.
1999, cardcover, 226 pages, illustrated in B&W and colour, index
ISBN 1-86333-169-7

$30.00

PAINTING CULTURE
The Making of an Aboriginal High Art
by Fred R. Myers

Painting Culture tells the complex story of how, over the past three decades, the acrylic "dot" paintings of central Australia were transformed into objects of international high art, eagerly sought by upscale galleries and collectors. Fred Myers tracks the way these paintings become high art as they move outward from Indigenous communities through and among other social institutions - the world of dealers, museums and critics. At the same time he shows how this change in the status of the acrylic paintings is directly related to the initiative of the painters themselves and their hopes for greater levels of recognition. The book also explores the awkward issues around valuation and sale of the acrylic paintings. It also traces the shifting approaches of the government and key organisations such as the Aboriginal Arts Board to the promotion of the work and describes the early and subsequent phases of the works' inclusion in major and international exhibitions.
first edition, 2002, card cover, 412 pages, colour plates, B&W photos
ISBN 0-8223-2949-2

$60.00

FIONA FOLEY SOLITAIRE
by Benjamin Genocchio

The first major publication on the work of this noted artist. It presents Foley’s practice as a unique voice in Australian art and a strong presence in contemporary Aboriginal culture. Ben Genocchio, national arts Correspondent for The Australian, explores Fiona Foley’s art and its engagement with a variety of themes.
2001, Hardcover in dust jacket, 96 pages, fully illustrated in colour on quality art paper with chronology.
ISBN 0958798494

$50.00

THE OTHER APT
An Exhibition of Other Perspectives
edited by Jenny Fraser

The Other APT explores issues for “Australia’s” Native peoples and our role in the Asia Pacific Region, and also deals with the issues of migration of our neighbours including the importance of Place, Legend, Identity, Politics and Mutual Respect in the interest and importance of open Art Dialogue. This exhibition catalogue features exceptional works from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Melanesian, Polynesian, Maori & Asian Artists based in Australia, commenting on the complexity of the here and now and providing refreshing alternative perspectives. Contribting authors include Jenny Fraser, Gary Lee, Romaine Moreton, Tauline Vrtue & Djon Mundine. Also featuring artwork by Mayu Kanamori and Lucy Dann, Christine Peacock, John Graham and Rebekah Pit, Eddie Nona, Madelyn Hodge, Ann Fuata, Archie Moore, Polytoxic, Jason Davidson, Ritchie Ares Dona, Charles Street, Tim Leha, Hilda Ruaine, Christine Christopherson and Jo-Anne Driessens.
First edition, 2006, magazine format, 28 pages, fully illustrated in colour, ISBN 0-9758402-1-5

$15.00

IMBA
Tell You a Story
by Herb Wharton

For over forty years working in the cattle industry of Western Queensland Herb Wharton would always say "I'm going to write a story one day about the things that I see happening around me". In this book of short stories Herb Wharton talks about how he began a successful literary career, and some of the stories behind his writings. After having a series of books published by the University of Queensland Press, Herb sees this self-published volume as a milestone in his career.
2003 cardcover, 102 pages, black & white illustrations, glossary
ISBN 0 9581883 3 5

$25.00




THE GIRL FROM SULKY GULLY
A Review of the Life of Australian Artist Maude Glover-Fleay, 1869-1965
by Rosemary Fleay-Thomson and Mary Fleay-Beasy

Maude Fleay-Glover was a pioneer Australian woman artist in every sense of the word. She had entered what had previously been considered the 'man's world' of art in the late 1880's determined to battle against the tide of discrimination in pursuing her all consuming desire for an artistic career.
First edition 1999, cardcover, 96 pages, fully illustrated with B&W and colour photos, list of works, list of exhibitions, index
ISBN-0-646-37481-8

$30.00

DAVID FLEAY'S WORLD OF WEDGE-TAILS
The writings of David Fleay on the Wedge-tailed Eagle
compiled by Rosemary Fleay-Thomson

This book brings together the writings of David Fleay as he attempted to educate his fellow Australians on the attributes of the Wedge-tailed Eagle. A bird that was once seen as an enemy to the pastoral industry and was eventually granted total protection. Then the common sight of rows of Wedge-tail bodies strung along barbed wire fences, those gruesome trophies, disappeared from the rural scene. David Fleay's final success in breeding the Wedge-tailed Eagle in captivity took place in 1977 after 42 years of dedicated attempts. These writings show the total admiration and respect expressed by David Fleay for the Wedge-tailed Eagles.
First edition 2002, cardcover, 85 pages, B&W photos
ISBN-0-9581103-0-1

$30.00

AUSTRALIENATION
Portraits of a bi-cultural country
Photographs by John Odgen

Australienation draws from three decades of John Ogden's work in Australia. With a provocative mix of directness, humanitarianism and humor, this quietly subversive book addresses the process of reconciliation between Australia's Indigenous peoples and the many cultures that came later.
First edition, 1999, card cover, 104 pages, B&W photos on art paper, ISBN 0-646-37839-2

$40.00

SCOTT REDFORD AND THE GOLD COAST
The content of these paintings is a secret, known only to the people of Surfers Paradise
edited by Brett Adlington

This book was launched to celebrate a major exhibition by successful Anglo-Australian artist, Scott Redford. The works reflect Scott's life-long love affair with his home town, the Gold Coast. His work is represented in most major Australian public collections. The essays give an insight into his art practice and focus on his newer work. This fully illustrated book is recommended for anyone interested in contemporary Australian art. The book features over 200 images of paintings, sculpture, installations, video-clips and photographs. New reprinted edition with modifications directed by the artist.
New edition, 2006, card cover, 160 pages, fully illustrated in colour. ISBN 1-9577801-8-4

$40.00

125 YEARS OF SCHOOLING ON THE COOMERA 1873-1998
by Gloria Coghill

A local history of the Coomera region focusing on the Coomera State School. Several past students have been interviewed and share their memories of the early settlement of the region and their association with the school.
First edition 1998, cardcover, 180 pages, B&W photos, maps, list of students
ISBN-0-646-35838-3

$20.00


SOUTH STRADBROKE ISLAND
by Lindy Salter

Local history of South Stradbroke Island. Spanning the period from the beginnings of European settlement through to the present. Includes stories of local identities and Aboriginal familes that have lived on the island.
Second edition 2002 cardcover, 140 pages, fully illustrated with maps and historic B&W photos
ISBN-0-9591168-1-8

$25.00

 

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