NAIDOC Week

The NAIDOC 2025 theme – "The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy" – celebrates not only the achievements of the past but the bright future ahead, empowered by the strength of our young leaders, the vision of our communities, and the legacy of our ancestors.

Updated June 23, 2025
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Homeland calling
Neerven, Ellen van
Paper Book
'[W]e are strong, we are beautiful and we should be proud of our culture, our stories, our languages.' - Danzal Baker (aka Baker Boy) Homeland Calling is a collection of poems created from hip-hop song lyrics that channel culture and challenge stereotypes. Written by First Nations youth...
Right story, wrong story
Yunkaporta, Tyson
Paper Book
SAND TALK, Tyson Yunkaporta's bestselling debut, cast an Indigenous lens on contemporary society. It was, said Melissa Lucashenko, 'an extraordinary invitation into the world of the Dreaming'. RIGHT STORY, WRONG STORY extends Yunkaporta's explorations of how we can learn from Indigenous thinking....
Sand talk : how indigenous thinking can save the world
Yunkaporta, Tyson
Paper Book
In SAND TALK, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently? This remarkable book provides a template for living. It's about how lines and symbols...
The future ancestor : a guide to journey and oneness
Sharman, Annabelle
Paper Book
Connect with Mother Earth and your Ancestors through inspiring stories and healing wisdom, and discover how to come home to yourself. We are all Future Ancestors, and we have a responsibility to nurture, protect and restore the balance to our Mother (Earth). We are of her. She...
Everywhen : Australia and the language of deep history
McGrath, Ann
Paper Book
Everywhen asks how knowledge systems of Aboriginal people can broaden our understanding of the past and of history. Indigenous ways of knowing, narrating, and re-enacting the past in the present blur the distinctions of time, making all history now, with questions of...
My people
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Paper Book
Oodgeroo's writing is often a provocative and passionate plea forjustice. My People is a collection of poetry and prose and areminder of Oodgeroo's contributionto indigenous culture and thejourney to reconciliation.
Sorry and beyond : healing the stolen generations
Butler, Brian
Paper Book
Brian Butlers grandmother was taken from her family in 1910. She was 12 years old. Twenty years later her daughter, Brians mother, was taken. Thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, like Brian Butlers, have been coping with the trauma of child removal for more than a century....
Murli la : songs and stories of the Tiwi Islands
Ngarukuruwala Women's Group
Paper Book
A joint project with the Indigenous Literary Foundation, Murli la is a beautifully designed gift book that celebrates the culture of the Tiwi Islands through song. The songs presented in this book hold cultural, genealogical, geographical and spiritual knowledge that has been passed down...
Don't take your love to town
Ginibi, Ruby Langford
Paper Book
Ruby Langford Ginibi's remarkable talent for storytelling grabbed the attention of both black and white Australians when she released Don't Take Your Love to Town, which has gone on to become a bestseller and is now a seminal work of Indigenous memoir. Don't Take Your Love to...
The last daughter : a true story of love, loss and reconnection
Matthews, Brenda
Paper Book
When Brenda Matthews was two years old, she and her siblings were taken from their parents. For the next five years she was a much-loved daughter in a white family, a happy child in a country town on the outskirts of Sydney, unaware of the existence of her Aboriginal family or how hard her parents...
Black and blue : a memoir of racism and resilience
Gorrie, Veronica
Paper Book
A proud Gunai/Kurnai woman, Veronica Gorrie grew up dauntless, full of cheek and a fierce sense of justice. After watching her friends and family suffer under a deeply compromised law-enforcement system, Gorrie signed up for training to become one of a rare few Aboriginal police officers in...
Smashing serendipity : the story of one moorditj yorga
Hansen, Louise K.
Paper Book
Life is tough for the Connell family, growing up in a small town where racist attitudes, discrimination and violence against Aboriginal people are commonplace. Lavinia is lucky- her parents ensure her family stays together while other cousins and friends are removed from the state. But violence and...
Tell me again : a memoir
Thunig, Amy
Paper Book
For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding that the story of her birth be retold. Years later, heavily pregnant with her own first child, she learns what really happened that day. It's a tale that exemplifies many of the events of her early...
Song of the crocodile
Simpson, Nardi
Paper Book
'SONG OF THE CROCODILE is a moving, wise and deeply rewarding novel from an astonishing writer' - Emily Maguire, author of AN ISOLATED INCIDENTDarnmoor, The Gateway to Happiness. The sign taunts a fool into feeling some sense of achievement, some kind of end- that you have reached a destination in...
The body country
Anderson, Susie
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIZE FOR POETRY, 2024 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE UTS GLENDA ADAMS AWARD FOR NEW WRITING, 2024 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS 'I keep looking at the stars to see the universe, but the joke is I am the...
Enclave
Coleman, Claire G.
Paper Book
  , 'These are troubling times. The world is a dangerous place,' the voice of the Chairman said. 'I can continue to assure you of this: within the Wall you are perfectly safe.' Christine could not sleep, she could not wake, she could not think. She stared, half...
The idea of Australia : a search for the soul of the nation
Schultz, Julianne
Paper Book
Former publisher of Griffith Review Professor Julianne Schultz challenges our notions of what it means to be Australian and asks timely and urgent questions about our national identity.
Talking to my country
Grant, Stan
Paper Book
An extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture and national identity. In July 2015, as the debate over Adam Goodes being booed at AFL games raged and got ever more heated and ugly, Stan Grant wrote a short but powerful piece for The Guardian that went viral, not only...
The Great Undoing
Allsopp, Sharlene.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND FICTION BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE COURIER-MAIL PEOPLE''S CHOICE QUEENSLAND BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD ''Sharlene Allsopp''s The Great Undoing is groundbreaking storytelling -...
The visitors
Harrison, Jane
Paper Book
The most exciting debut in 2023, The Visitors is an audacious, earthy, funny, gritty and powerful re-imagining of a crucial moment in Australia's history - an unputdownable work of fiction. WINNER OF THE 2024 INDIE BOOK DEBUT FICTION AWARD Longlisted 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize<...
The yield
Winch, Tara June
Paper Book
Winner of the 2020 Miles Franklin Award. Knowing that he will soon die, Albert 'Poppy' Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has been spent on the banks of the Murrumby River at Prosperous House, on Massacre Plains. Albert is determined to pass on the language of his...
Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia
Faulkner, Samantha.
Paper Book
'My people are expert navigators, adventurers, innovators, ambassadors, teachers, storytellers, performers, strategists, chefs and advocates for change. The blood runs deep when I reflect on the past and the present and imagine what our future might look like.' -Leilani Bin-Juda What...
Indigenous knowledge : Australian perspectives
Langton, Marcia
Paper Book
How are we to live well with others? How can we sustain abundant environments and nourishing cultures? How might connections to place and generations past strengthen our cultural, political and economic futures? Indigenous knowledge traditions have been fundamental to human life in Australia for...
The little red yellow black book : an introduction to indigenous Australia
Paper Book
Originally published in 1994, The Little Red Yellow Black Book has established itself as the perfect starting point for those who want to learn about the rich cultures and histories of Australias First Peoples. Written from an Indigenous perspective, this highly illustrated and accessible...
Australia's Agricultural Identity : An Aboriginal yarn
Gilbert, Joshua
Paper Book
Yarning across history and into the future, Joshua Gilbert explores a new approach to Indigenous culture and farming, combining ancient knowledge and practices with new technology and insights. Starting from his own Worimi Country, where his family history is captured in the journals of...
The australian ingredients kitchen: simple recipes using bushfoods
Dann, Bruno.
Paper Book
These no-fuss and family friendly recipes will introduce native ingredients into the homes of all Australians, showing how easy it is to embrace foods from the lands we live on.
A Piece of Red Cloth
Norrington, Leonie.
Paper Book
A powerful, unique novel based on the oral history of the Yolngu people from north-east Arnhem Land that tells the story of a grandmother who stops at nothing to protect her granddaughter.
Main character energy: ; how to own the narrative of your life
Hunt, Bianca.
Paper Book
'Bianca Hunt is incredible, witty, deadly, bubbly and full of life.' - BARKAA 'A funny, heartfelt and galvanising memoir-slash-guidebook to inspire you to take up the leading role on the stage that is your life.' - Sally McMullen and Alexandra Hourigan, Two Broke Chicks<...
Aboriginal Women by Degrees : First Nations Classics
Bin-Sallik, MaryAnn
Paper Book
From a unique personal perspective, thirteen women tell of their journeys towards the significant achievement of a university degree. Although from different backgrounds, language groups and experiences, these women share the common thread of Aboriginal heritage. Some combined their studies with the...
Some People Want to Shoot Me: ; A memoir of living in two cultures
Bergmann, Wayne.
Paper Book
As a Nyikina man who straddles both traditional and modern cultures, Wayne Bergmann has faced criticism and condemnation but remains unwavering in his commitment to his community and their needs. As the former head of the Kimberley Land Council, Bergmann played a crucial role in shaping the future...
Murriyang : song of time
Grant, Stan
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the 2025 ABIA Awards, Social Impact Book of the Year Stan Grant is talking to his country in a new way. In his most poetic and inspiring work yet, he offers a means of moving beyond the binaries and embracing a path to peace and forgiveness, rooted in...
Dirrayawadha: ; Rise Up
Heiss, Anita.
Paper Book
'Dirrayawadha is full of heart and hope, truth-telling and history - and shimmers with language too' Guardian 'A story from the past given vivid life for new understanding'​ Kate Grenville __________________________...
Always will be
Saunders, Mykaela.
Paper Book
In this stunningly inventive and thought-provoking collection, Mykaela Saunders poses the question- what might country, community and culture look like in the Tweed if Gooris reasserted their sovereignty? Each of the stories in Always Will Be is set in its own future version of the...

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