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Free the Bears: How an Ordinary Perth Grandmother Became an Extraordinary Animal Activist

Free the Bears: How an Ordinary Perth Grandmother Became an Extraordinary Animal Activist (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Hutton, Mary; With Miller, Julie

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In 1993, Perth grandmother Mary Hutton started a petition at her local shopping mall after seeing a news story about the extraction of bile from a caged and traumatised Asiatic Black Bear.

ISBN 9781742611969
Published 1 April 2013 by Pan Macmillan
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Jandamarra

Jandamarra (Hardback)

By Greenwood, Mark; Illustrated by Denton, Terry

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The epic and tragic story of Jandamarra, Indigenous hero of the Kimberley told through text and illustrations. A story for all Australians, providing a unique insight into an extraordinary man and a powerful slice of history.

ISBN 9781742375700
Published 1 March 2013 by Allen & Unwin
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The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia

The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (Paperback)

By Gammage, Bill

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Explodes the myth that pre-settlement Australia was an untamed wilderness revealing the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people.

ISBN 9781743311325
Replacement this title has been replaced by: 9781743311325
Published 1 September 2012 by Allen & Unwin
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Tikanga Whakaaro: Key Concepts in Maori Culture
 

Tikanga Whakaaro: Key Concepts in Maori Culture (Trade Paperback/Paperback, 2001 reprint)

By Barlow, Cleve

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Numerous important concepts in Maori culture are defined and discussed in short essay-style definitions in this volume, which is written in both the English and Maori languages.

ISBN 9780195582123
Published 7 June 2013 by Oxford University Press
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Dust
 

Dust (Hardback)

By Thompson, Colin; Foreword by Scobie, Andy

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In response to the stark reality of children around the world dying from starvation, and from natural disasters over which we have no control, thirteen internationally famous artists created a book, the royalties earned being donated to the Save the Children Organisation in Austr ...

ISBN 9780733320736
Published 1 May 2009 by ABC Books
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The Broken Shore

The Broken Shore (Audio CD/Audio, Unabridged)

By Temple, Peter; Read by Hosking, Peter

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Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds deal and the nightmares fade. He lives a quiet life with his two dogs in the tumbledown wreck his family home has become. It's ...

ISBN 9781742675169
Published 1 September 2010 by Bolinda Publishing
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Black Glass
 

Black Glass (Paperback)

By Kate, Auty

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Between 1936 and 1954, the Western Australian Government conducted Courts of Native Affairs that heard murder and manslaughter cases where defendant and victim were Aboriginal. Cases which, for every other citizen carried the status of Supreme Court trials, were reduced to summar ...

ISBN 9781920731045
Published 6 March 2006 by Fremantle Press
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Freeloading: How Our Insatiable Appetite for Free Content is Starving Creativity

Freeloading: How Our Insatiable Appetite for Free Content is Starving Creativity (Paperback)

By Ruen, Chris

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ISBN 9781921844294
Published 27 February 2013 by Scribe Publications
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Te Mana, Te Kawanatanga: The Politics of Maori Self-determination
  

Te Mana, Te Kawanatanga: The Politics of Maori Self-determination (Paperback)

By Durie, Mason

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This book is about contemporary Maori development and Maori aspirations for greater autonomy. It contains a detailed account of legislation, legal battles and conflicting attitudes between Maori and the Crown.

ISBN 9780195583670
Published 22 March 2013 by Oxford University Press
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The Inconvenient Child: An Abandoned Australian Child Struggles to Survive and Find Her African American Father

The Inconvenient Child: An Abandoned Australian Child Struggles to Survive and Find Her African American Father (Paperback)

By Killens, Sharyn; Lewis, Lindsay

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It is 1948, Sydney. Pretty, blonde Grace discovers she is pregnant to a black merchant marine who has sailed back to America. The White Australia Policy is in place and society's judgement matters; so what will Grace do with this baby? This is the true story of the inconvenient c ...

ISBN 9780646528830
Published 1 August 2011 by Woodslane Pty Ltd
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