Collection: Reference

Context of Burkes Victorian Exploring Expedition, the course of the expedition and its subsequent place in Australian history and culture; numerous brief references to Aborigines - as guides, the Yantruwanta (Yandruwantha) generosity to Bourke, Wills and King and hostility to expeditions.

A pictorial guide to Highway One, Central Australian and Tasmanian sites and places important to traditional and contemporary Aboriginal life; includes history, art, religion of particular clans, present communities and organisations, biographies; many archival photographs.

This area, in the Pilbarra region contains the richest body of rock art in the world, with an estimated one million images carved into the ancient rocks. More than 600 photographs reveal the diverse imagery including marine fauna and land animals.

Explains how the Aboriginal people have actively worked and changed their environment, often by means of fire. Their management of the country has allowed them to survive and prosper, to live through droughts and reap the benefits of good times