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1 3 y separately published work icon Tracker Tjugingji Bob Randall , Kunyi June-Anne McInerney (illustrator), Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 2012 Z1130239 2003 single work picture book children's Indigenous story

'Tracker Tjugingji lived out bush with his family. They camped in little windbreak shelters, and Tjugingji used to sleep on the ground next to his parents. One time Tracker Tjugingji's parents decided to go to a big lake, a long way east of where they were camped... Tjugingji wanted to go too, but he didn't expect the trip to be quite such an adventure. This book also includes a CD of The Animal Song, a lively tune about kangaroos hopping, dingoes howling and big emus walking.' (Source: fishpond website)

1 5 y separately published work icon Post Me to the Prime Minister Romaine Moreton , Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 2004 Z1138010 2004 selected work poetry

'This first-ever comprehensive collection of the forward-looking poems of Romaine Moreton includes reflections on origins, dispossession, dislocation and identity, on mudcrabs, love and petrol-sniffing.' (Source: Goodreads website)

2 y separately published work icon A Town Like Mparntwe : A Guide to the Dreaming Tracks and Sites of Alice Springs The Arrernte Landscape: Guide to Dreaming Tracks and Sites of Alice Springs; Jukurrpa Pocket Book of a Town like Mparntwe David Brooks , Shawn Dobson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 2003 8036722 1991 single work

'Built on the land the Arrernte people call Mparntwe, Alice Springs is the place where caterpillar beings originated and where mountain ranges were formed by wild-dog fights. A town like Mparntwe takes you on a journey through Alice Springs that shows you how an Arrernte person sees the country. This new edition of the book originally called The Arrernte Landscape tells the stories of Altyerre, ‘the Dreamtime’, and describes the travels of the ancestral beings as they made the world. A map, illustrations and skyline drawings show you the ancestors’ Dreaming tracks and the sites they created in the Alice Springs area.' (Source: Publisher's Blurb)

1 3 y separately published work icon Growing Up Kaytetye : Stories Tommy Kngwarraye Thompson , Myfany Turpin , Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 2003 Z1189573 2003 selected work short story life story Indigenous story

'Renowned storyteller and Aboriginal elder Tommy Kngwarraye Thompson invites us into the world of the Kaytetye people of Central Australia. Presented in the Kaytetye language with English translations, his stories portray the Kaytetye way of life as it was laid out in the Altyerre, or Dreamtime, and as it is today. He describes how the Kaytetye language was born, life before the arrival of the Europeans, and the way children were brought up and continue to be brought up today.' (Source: Publisher's website)

1 1 y separately published work icon Delusions of Grandeur : A Family's Story of Love and Struggle Joan E. Eatock , Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 2003 Z1095360 2003 single work biography

'Lucy Eatock is raised and educated by a respectable white family, but becomes an outcast when she chooses to marry a man of her own colour, a traveling boxer and wild jackeroo. Born in a camp tent, her son Roderick struggles valiantly in the back blocks of New South Wales and on the mean streets of Sydney for what he knows is right. He watches as those around him wrestle with poverty, racism and cruel injustice but are ultimately beaten down. He educates himself and during the heat of the struggles against mass-evictions and homelessness, falls in love with Elizabeth, a sassy, educated emigre from Scotland. Eventually the social barriers Roderick confronts and the psychological defences he constructs to survive them build to a pressure-cooker intensity.' (Source: IAD Press website)

1 y separately published work icon Aboriginal Languages of Central Australia : and the Places Where They Are Robert Hoogenraad , Brenda Thornley , Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 2003 9259566 2003 single work information book

'four full-colour maps that show the main languages and dialects spoken in different parts of Central Australia and how they relate to each other. • a list of Aboriginal communities and their locations • commonly used in alternative community names • a guide to the pronunciation of each language name • the number of speakers of each language and a guide to which languages are in daily use.' (Source: Publisher's website)

1 5 y separately published work icon Too Flash Melissa Lucashenko , Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 2002 Z1016332 2002 single work novel young adult '"Bring problems to us before they're too big to handle " the principal advises Zo when she arrives at her new school. But good advice isn't much help to Zo. Her mum's still a workaholic and her best friend is still a thousand miles away back home. Zo soon teams up with fifteen-year-old Missy who is cheeky, smart, a mean soccer player and believes in magic. She's all muscles and attitude like a cattle dog on the warpath. Zo is more laid back - having money makes for a bigger comfort zone even if you are fat and black. A showdown can't be far away when Zo's and Missy's worlds collide.' Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 4 y separately published work icon The Town Grew Up Dancing : The Life and Art of Wenten Rubuntja Wenten Rubuntja , Jenny Green , Tim Rowse , Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 2002 Z1002764 2002 single work autobiography

'The Town Grew Up Dancing is Wenten Rubuntja’s story. It provides a rare view of events that shaped the life of an Arrernte man who has made a major contribution to the art and politics of his time. Wenten was a key figure in the land rights movement in Central Australia in the mid-1970s and has since played a lively and formative role as an Aboriginal statesman in his home town of Alice Springs. He is highly respected for the depth and breadth of his traditional knowledge and for his unique skills as a negotiator. This book reveals the humour and wisdom of an Aboriginal man skilled at engaging in both the traditional and the contemporary worlds. The story is told in Wenten’s own words – in his first language, Arrernte, with accompanying translations, and in Aboriginal English. The book also includes the voices of many who have been close to Wenten, including members of his own family, and others who have worked with him over the years. Additional commentary is provided by linguist and artist Jenny Green and historian Tim Rowse. This fascinating and innovative book weaves together autobiography and biography in a powerful story of recent Indigenous history in Australia. The book features Wenten’s own commentary on his paintings, and photographs in colour and black and white bring his story and Alice Springs’ colourful past vividly to life.' (Source: IAD Press website)

1 1 y separately published work icon Untreated : Poems by Black Writers Josie Douglas (editor), Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 2001 Z930045 2001 anthology poetry

'This anthology of poetry brings together all the big names in Aboriginal writing and features a wide array of styles and topics. With a foreword by Kim Scott – joint winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2000, for his novel Benang.  (Publication summary)

1 6 y separately published work icon Skins : Contemporary Indigenous Writing Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (editor), Josie Douglas (editor), Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 2000 Z962796 2000 anthology short story (taught in 1 units)

'Drawing on a wide range of Indigenous cultures and artistic traditions from Canada, the United States, Australia and Aotearoa - New Zealand, skins is an exciting new addition to Indigenous literature in print. Among celebrated names like Maria Campbell (Halfbreed), Alootook Ipellie (Arctic Dreams and Nightmares), Sally Morgan (My Place), Patricia Grace (Potiki), Sherman Alexie (Smoke Signals), Linda Hogan (Seeing through the Sun and Mean Spirit), Thomas King (Green Grass, Running Water), Louise Erdrich (Tracks) and Witi Ihimaera (Bulibasha), Skins also presents some of the brightest emerging Indigenous talent from around the world. These writers have given us classic works and daring innovation; they are marking out new trails for the writers who will follow. And, as these pages show, they are producing some of the most inspiring beautiful and provocative writing anywhere.

1 4 y separately published work icon Not Quite Men, No Longer Boys K. C. Laughton , Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 1999 Z861780 1999 single work novel war literature

'Kenny was barely nineteen years old, a wide-eyed Aboriginal kid from the bush, when he left Australia for a tour of duty in Vietnam. From the fleshpots of Saigon to the ‘sharp end’, clearing mines at Nu Dat, there was a lot to learn for a young man in a strange country, fighting a murky, confusing war. Not Quite Men, no longer boys is the gritty moving story of Kenny’s education in life and death – and the kinds of friendship that last a lifetime.' (Source: IAD Press website)

1 y separately published work icon Take Power Like This Old Man Here : An Anthology of Writings Celebrating Twenty Years of Land Rights in Central Australia 1977-1997 Alexis Wright (editor), Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 1998 Z1338720 1998 anthology autobiography biography life story prose

'This collection of stories is a resounding tribute to the strength of traditional Aboriginal Law and culture and to the workers for land rights who have helped shape the social and political landscape of a nation. Contributors include Geoff Eames, Pat Dodson, Gough Whitlam, Sir Edward Woodward, and Paul Memmott.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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