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'Burnum Burnum's Aboriginal Australia is the first book ever to offer a personal, Aboriginal vision of this, the world's greatest island.
'Through over 300 stunning colour pictures and 150 black and white archival photographs, many of which have never been published before, and through the words of one of this country's best known and most respected Aboriginal people, this unique book takes the read on a journey around the continent, an unforgettable journey that reveals an Australia rarely experienced by white inhabitants.
'Following Highway One, from Sydney north to Cairns, west to Darwin and south to Perth, then heading back to Sydney via the centre and Tasmania, Burnum Burnum guides us through lands that were once the traditional territory of many nations, clans and groups and opens our eyes to the lifestyles, history, art and lore of the original Australians.' (Publication summary)

A documentary that examines the long Aboriginal occupation of Australia and the spectacular changes that occurred before and after the arrival of Europeans. Generations of Aboriginal Australians saw the great rising of the seas that isolated Australia and very likely influenced the sweeping changes in vegetation and wildlife. This film (which shows the Aboriginal Australians triumphant in their discovery of the land and triumphant in their mastery of its contrasting climates, seasons, and resources) is presented in three parts: 1. 'The First Invaders'; 2. 'Reign of the Wanderers'; and 3. 'Sails of Doom.'