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Bartlett, Anne. Coleman, Claire G. Maralung, Alan McKenna, Mark Yunupingu, Geoffrey GurrumulSummary: In this first-ever anthology of Indigenous science fiction, Grace Dillon collects some examples of the craft, with contributions by Native American, First Nations, Aboriginal Australian, and New Zealand Maori authors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Arizona Press 2012
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALMcKenna, Mark
Summary: "Return to Uluru explores the cold case that strikes at the heart of Australia's white supremacy -- the death of an Aboriginal man in 1934; the iconic life of a white, "outback" police officer; and the continent's most sacred and mysterious landmark. Inside Cardboard Box 39 at the South Australian Museum's storage facility lies the forgotten skull of an Aboriginal man who died eighty-five years...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.899 MCKMaralung, Alan
Contents: New song (3:38) -- Bushfire (3:19) -- Ibis (5:39) -- Green frog (8:52) -- Jabiru (4:59) -- Brolga (6:03) -- Garranan (6:21) -- Minmin light (8:30).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/OCEANIC BUNSummary: The story of a lawyer defending a group of aboriginals accused of murder. The lawyer feels the pull of magic forces beneath the surface of civilization.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LASYunupingu, Geoffrey Gurrumul
Contents: Wiyathul -- Djarimirri -- Bapa -- Gurrumul history (I was born blind) -- Marrandil -- Marwurrumburr -- Galiku -- Baywara -- Gathu Mawula-- Galupa-- Wirrpanu -- Wukun.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Skinnyfish Music 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/OCEANIC YUNSummary: Kristy, Ben and Liz are three friends in their twenties who set out to hike through the scenic Wolf Creek National Park in the Australian Outback. Trouble begins when they get back from their hike to find that their car won't start. The trio think they have a way out when they run into a friendly local bushman named Mick Taylor, but what Mick has in mind for them has nothing to do with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Entertainment 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to exist in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece. Along the way, they met a young aborigine on his 'walkabout, ' a rite of passage in which adolescent boys are initiated into manhood by journeying into the wilderness alone.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA WALSummary: For the love of her new husband, Jeannie abandons a high society city life to trek into the vast and wild heart of Australia - where wives are seldom seen and even less accepted. Enduring isolation, hardships and battling against the sexist and racial prejudice of the Australian outback environment, Jeannie strives to win the friendship and respect of those about her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA WEColeman, Claire G.
Summary: "Terra Nullius (def): land belonging to no one; no man's land. 'Jacky was running. There was no thought in his head, only an intense drive to run. There was no sense he was getting anywhere, no plan, no destination, no future. All he had was a sense of what was behind, what he was running from. Jacky was running.' The Natives of the Colony are restless. The Settlers are eager to bring peace to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Small Beer Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COLSummary: Set during the colonization of Australia in 1825, the film follows Clare, a 21-year-old native Irish wife and mother held captive beyond her 7-year sentence, desperate to be free of her obsessed master, British lieutenant Hawkins. Clare's husband Aidan intervenes with devastating consequences for all. When British authorities fail to deliver justice, Clare pursues Hawkins, who leaves his post...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NiCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER NIGSummary: Quigley down under: "Arriving in Australia with nothing more than a saddle and his prized six-foot Sharps rifle, American sharpshooter Matthew Quigley thinks he's been hired to kill off wild dogs. But when he realizes instead that his mission is murder - to "eliminate" the Aborigines from a wealthy cattle baron's land - Quigley refuses and quickly turns from hunter to hunted. Forced to wage a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Golden-Mayer Studios Inc. 2008
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD QUISummary: Sharpshooter Quigley travels to western Australia, only to find himself saddled with a half-loco lady, and locked in a lethal battle with a wealthy rancher.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment Inc. 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD QCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN QUIBartlett, Anne.
Summary: Describes the traditions, culture, music, food, and family life of the Aborigines; and how they are working to revive their heritage.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner 2002