Im Stil eines Road-Movies lässt der Text den Leser in tiefere Ebenen der Aborigine-Kultur eintauchen und gibt ihm eine Vorstellung von deren Religiosität.

Mit dem „Message Stone“ begibt sich der Autor auf spirituelle Reisen durch Zeit und Raum, die mit diesem heiligen Stein geöffnet werden können. Der Autor erlebt nicht nur spannende Abenteuer, sondern schafft zudem Verständnis für elementare Begriffe der Aborigine-Kultur, wie z.B. die Traumzeit. Es ist also sowohl ein unterhaltsames, als auch ein lehrreiches Buch, mit zahlreichen Abbildungen.

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Visitors to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park often think that few animals live in such an arid landscape. In Mingkiri, Anangu (Aboriginal people) guide the reader through the park, describing the surprisingly diverse wildlife and complex natural history found there. This is a fascinating insight into a little known side of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park: the habits of animals and plants, the seasons, and how the country is burned and looked after according to the Tjukurpa, or Anangu Law, that governs all. Based on a recent fauna survey of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park conducted by the Mutitjulu Community and CSIRO scientists, Mingkiri also includes a comprehensive list of Anangu names and a pronunciation guide.
Mingkiri is an Anangu name for some small mice and marsupials. There are many other names for these animals, but Mingkiri is now the most commonly used.

The smallpox holocaust that swept Aboriginal Australia
Utilising both historical documentation and Aboriginal oral history, the author explores the impacts of the 1789 and 1828 smallpox plagues on Aboriginal Australia.
First published 2014

Eine Aboriginaleinweihung

Vom Wiederfinden der Ahnenverbindung - vom Erkunden uralter Wunden
Anne ist eine der ersten weissen Vertrauenspersonen der Eingeborenen Australiens. In diesen von Aboriginals und Maoris ausdrücklich genehmigten Reportagen beschreibt sie ihre inneren und äusseren Reisen in der Terra Australis.

Die gebürtige Schottin lebte schon einige Jahre in New South Wales, hatte Erfahrung mit verschiedenen heilerischen Methoden und sich die Landschaften erwandert. Schon als Kind hatte sie ein Erlebnis mit einem Adler und nun begannen Adler und Eulen in ihrem Garten, ja sogar am Küchenfenster mit ihr Kontakt aufzunehmen. Damit begann sie sich für die Aboriginals zu öffnen, deren Ahnen sich dieser Totem-Tiere bedienen. Eine weitere Station waren die Höhlen von Glastonbell in den Blue Mountains. Sie realisierte ihre Berufung, die ein alter indianischer Medizinmann viele Jahre vorher mit ihrem Namen verliehen hatte: Graues-Pferd-zwischen-Nationen-wandernder-Friedebringer.

2005 ist sie in die Organisation eines großen Treffens der ältesten Stammesmütter am Uluru involviert. Über den Araki Verlag können interessierte Frauen Kontakt mit ihr aufnehmen und sich für die jeweils einwöchigen Zeremonien im März und August anmelden. Mehr dazu auch auf geomythical@yahoo.com.au und www.desertwomensceremonies.com, wo Details der Yulara Ceremonies zu finden sind.

Das Buchcover beruht auf einem Gemälde der australischen Künstlerin Catherine Parker. www.visualartist.info/visualartist/artist/default.asp?artistId=1629

Die Geschichte der Aborigines von Barrow Point
Erinnert von Roger Hart und aufgeschrieben von John B. Haviland
Mit Illustrationen von Tulo Gordon
Aus dem Amerikanischen von Pociao und Roberto de Hollanda

Passed down from generation to generation by the Kandiwal Aboriginal community, this engaging story explains how the scaly-tailed possum got its scaly tail and how the echidna, one of Australia's most unusual mammals, got its spikes. Vividly illustrated by Kandiwal children, this traditional tale is not only entertaining but also educational, as it provides photographs and descriptions of these two iconic Australian animals.

Lessons in Reconciliation from our First Contact History

Forward by Uncle Reg Blow

"In the first section, Jim Poulter shares some family oral history as well as positing links between the game of Marngrook with Australian Rules football. The second section explores spiritual structures of aboriginal culture at the time of European invasion. An easy and enjoyable read, with great yarns in the football section, and a simple but informative exposition of “Spirit, Flesh and Skin” in family groupings." (Reading)
Jim Poulter's family settled in the Yarra Valley east of Melbourne in 1840. His great-grandfather, Tom Chivers, spent a childhood immersed in the Aboriginal lifestyle. He attended the last initiation ceremony at Hanging Rock in 1851 and the last intertribal corroboree held in Warrandyte in 1852 when the last tribal football game of marngrook was played. In this book, for the first time the basic tenets of Aboriginal religion are explained and how the concepts of Spirit, Flesh and Skin are reflected both in tribal religion and social organisation.

Eindringliche Geschichten voller Weisheit aus der Traumzeit der Aborigines. Mythen, Legenden, Überlebensstrategien - aufgezeichnet von Oodgeroo Noonuccal, der ersten Aborigine, die je ein Buch veröffentlichte.

The Last of the Nomads is the deeply moving story of Warri and Yatungka, the last of the Mandjildjara people to remain in the Gibson desert, the traditional home of the tribe. Forbidden to marry by tribal law, the couple fled into the desert, refusing to leave with the rest of their people when they moved closer to white settlements. After years of fierce drought the Mandjildjara people living elsewhere feared that, with water and food scarce, Warri and Yatungka would perish. So at the request of the Aboriginal elders and with the help of Mudjon, an old friend of Warri's, W.J Peasley and his companions set out in search of the old couple. The book is an account of the entire journey into the wilderness, through some of the most gruelling and harsh terrain in the country. When the expedition found Warri and Yatungka and bought them in from the desert it heralded the end of an era spanning 35,000 years.

The Original Australians tells the story of Australian Aboriginal history and society from its distant beginnings to the present day. From the wisdom and paintings of the Dreamtime, to the first contacts between Europeans and indigenous Australians, right through to modern times, it offers an insight into the life and experiences of the world's oldest culture. The resilience and adaptability of Aboriginal people over millennia is one of the great human stories of all time.

Josephine Flood answers the questions about Aboriginal Australia that Australians and visitors often ask: Where did the Aborigines come from and when? How did they survive in such a harsh environment? What was the traditional role of Aboriginal women? Why didn't colonists sign treaties with Aboriginal people? Were Aboriginal children 'stolen'? Why are there so many problems in Aboriginal communities today? And many more.

This rich account aims to understand both black and white perspectives and is fascinating reading for anyone who wants to discover Aboriginal Australia.

'Another enthralling account by Josephine Flood, of Australian Aborigines! Her enduring respect for her fellow humans underwrites every part of her exploration of the life and times of the Aboriginal people.'

Pat O'Shane, Magistrate

This is an up-to-the-minute and balanced account of Aboriginal experience from earliest prehistory to today. Clearly written and well-illustrated, this is the best book to give someone who wants to know about Aborigines, their survival through the millennia, and the experiences they have to contribute to modern Australia.'

Emeritus Professor Campbell Macknight, Australian National University