Celebrating National Reconciliation Week 2023 with books, resources and more

The State Library's collection contains material about Indigenous men and women involved in politics, culture, art, sport, academia, and all other aspects of Australian life. To celebrate National Reconciliation Week 2023 we've put a spotlight on the following publications to help you explore and research.

We have the newsletters and annual reports of the Aborigines' Friends' Association, the Aborigines’ Advancement League, the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, ATSIC, NAIDOC, and a whole range of other organisations, right back to Aborigines’ Protection Society papers of the 1840s. Search the Catalogue to explore more!

Survival in our own land : 'Aboriginal' experiences in 'South Australia' since 1836 Researched and edited by Christobel Mattingley and co-edited by Ken Hampton	The Wilson family genealogies Doreen Kartinyeri	Our identity is our history and our future Neva Wilson
Adnyamathanha genealogy  Christine Davis and Pearl McKenzie	Koori Mail - newspaper and magazine	The Aboriginal Way
A voice in the wilderness: listening to the Statement from the Heart Celia Kemp	Am I black enough for you?: 10 Years On Anita Heiss	Homecoming Elfie Shiosaki
Another day in the colony Chelsea Watego	Black and blue : a memoir of racism and resilience Veronica Gorrie	Dear son : letters and reflections from First Nations fathers and sons Thomas Mayer
Black, white and exempt: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lives under exemption Edited by Lucinda Aberdeen and Jennifer Jones	Everything you need to know about the Uluru Statement from the heart Megan Davis and George Williams	I'm not racist but... : a collection of social observations Anita Heiss
Lies, damned lies : a personal exploration of the impact of colonisation Claire G. Coleman	The aboriginal tent embassy sovereignty, black power, land rights and the state (eBook) Edited by Gary Foley, Andrew Schaap and Edwina Howell.	Sister girl : reflections on tiddaism, identity and reconciliation Jackie Huggins
The Queen is dead Stan Grant	Finding the heart of the nation: the journey of the Uluru Statement towards voice, treaty and truth (eBook) Thomas Mayor	Telling Tennant's story: the strange career of the great Australian silence Dean Ashenden
Treaty-making: 250 years later Harry Hobbs et al	William Cooper : an Aboriginal life story Bain Attwood	Stolen generations and the way ahead (eBook) Edited by Justin Healey