Resources – Balaangala Community Group

Balaangala members have collated suggested ways that individuals can educate themselves and create change. If you would like to suggest additional resources please contact us.

Some of the books below are available for Balaangala members to borrow. You can browse the Balaangala library at https://www.librarycat.org/lib/Maserius

BOOKS

Australian books

Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the birth of Agriculture – Bruce Pascoe

Brown Scars, White Tears – Ruby Hamad

Growing up Aboriginal in Australia – Anita Heiss (editor) (personal stories of 51 Aboriginal Australians from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences)

Mullumbimby / Too Much Lip – Melissa Lucashenko

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World – Tyson Yunkaporta

Throat – Ellen Van Neerven

Decolonising Solidarity – Clare Land http://decolonizingsolidarity.org/

Children’s books

Our Home, Our Heartbeat – Adam Briggs

Finding Our Heart: A story about the Uluru Statement for young Australians – Thomas Mayor

Young Dark Emu – Bruce Pascoe

Non-Australian books on racism

Me and White Supremacy workbook – Layla F. Saad

Why I No Longer Talk to White People About Race – Reni Eddo-Lodge

White Fragility – Robin di Angelo

FILM and TV

Leah Purcell’s body of work, e.g. Black Chicks Talking

Rachel Perkins’ body of work: One Night the Moon, Radiance, Bran Nue Dae, Jasper Jones

Ivan Sen’s body of work, e.g. Beyond Clouds, Mystery Road (feature film and TV series), Goldstone

Ten Canoes (traditional story from East-Arnhem sharing an Indigenous perspective on stories)

Like Rubies in the Kings Crown: local stories and histories from Yarrabah, North Qld

Spear – Bangarra Dance

PODCASTS

Pretty for an Aboriginal (Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell)

TWITTER

@IndigenousXLtd Aboriginal owned and operated independent media company founded by Luke Pearson. Rotating Twitter account showcasing Indigenous Australian experiences and perspectives.

@nakkiahlui First Nation personality Actor, Writer, Director

@AmyThunig Gamilaroi| Education Academic

@leesawatego Wife, Mum. Founder @IscariotMedia @DeadlyBloggers @CriticalClassrm Co-founder @DarkDisturb @BlackCoffee_AU @IndigBizMonth President @SEQICC

@Utopiana Celeste Liddel Where blackfeministranters tweet. Arrernte, unionist,column, freelance commentator. Accidentally anarchic.

@NareenYoung Industry Professor UTS Jumbunna Research

@joewilliams_tew #TheEnemyWithin; Father; Fiancé; Suicide Survivor; Former NRL Player; Prof Boxer; International Keynote Speaker; Author