always was, always will be: non fiction edition

The many and varied Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures from the lands, waters and skies known today as 'Australia' are, collectively, the oldest continuing culture in the world. Sick, huh? The knowledge and wisdom held and passed down by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples is important, necessary and timeless. If you are looking to decolonise your thinking, what better way than learning from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices?

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last updated August, 2026

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My Place (An Australian Classic)

Sally Morgan

The Politics of Identity: Who Counts as Aboriginal Today?

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Living on Stolen Land

Ambelin Kwaymullina

Blood on the Wattle

Bruce Elder

Us Women, Our Ways, Our World

Pat Dudgeon

Treading Lightly: The Hidden Wisdom of the World's Oldest People

Karl-Erik Sveiby

The Australian Wars: The truth about the bloody battles fought to establish a nation

Rachel Perkins

Songspirals: Sharing Women’s Wisdom of Country Through Songlines

Gay'wu Group of Women

Sister Girl: Reflections on Tiddaism, Identity and Reconciliation

Jackie Huggins

Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity

Ellen Van Neerven

Grog War

Alexis Wright

First Nations Food Companion

Damien Coulthard

Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling

Larissa Behrendt

Deep History: Country and Sovereignty

Ann McGrath

Long Yarn Short

Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts

Human?: A lie that has been killing us since 1788

Ziggy Ramo

Jilya: How one Indigenous woman from the remote Pilbara transformed psychology

Tracy Westerman

Shapeshifting: First Nations Lyric Nonfiction

Ellen Van Neerven

Terraglossia

Debra Dank

The Eagle and the Crow

JM Field

Always Was, Always Will Be: The Campaign for Justice and Recognition Continues

Thomas Mayo

We Come With This Place

Debra Dank

Loving Country

Bruce Pascoe

Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra

Bruce Pascoe

Salt: Selected Essays and Stories

Bruce Pascoe

Finding the Heart of the Nation - The Journey of the Uluru Statement towards Voice, Treaty and Truth

Thomas Mayor

Country: Future Fire, Future Farming

Bill Gammage

First Knowledges Innovation: Knowledge and Ingenuity

Ian J McNiven

First Knowledges Design: Building on Country (First Knowledges, 2)

Alison Page

First Knowledges Ceremony: All Our Yesterdays for Today

Wesley Enoch

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joyreadsOP

Thank you! I'm tossing up whether to split it into fiction and non-fiction but for now I'll just amalgamate everything I can find here and see what the consensus is :)