iDIDJ Australia Didgeridoo Cultural Hub

This is a great little AIATSIS publication that is available on Amazon, with additional resources at:
http://lryb.aiatsis.gov.au/

I've already recommended this to a couple of class teachers who normally stumble their way through indigenous study week, but it's great for me to have a basic primer to refer to that is directed by an Aboriginal agenda instead of wading through all those heavy (and expensive!) scholarly works about esoteric matters.

AIATSIS blurb extract...
The Little Red Yellow Black Book is an accessible and highly illustrated pocket-sized guide. It’s an invaluable introduction to Australia’s rich Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture. If you’re an adult wanting to learn what you weren’t taught at school, or a student or teacher who wants to hear from and about Indigenous Australians, or if you’re a migrant or tourist, or an institution or department with cross-cultural training needs, then The Little Red Yellow Black Book is a very competitively priced and enjoyable resource.

The book takes a non-chronological approach, and is written from an Indigenous viewpoint. The themes that emerge are the importance of identity, and adaptation and continuity. The four sections are: Who Are We?; Culture and Sport; Participation and Governance, and Resistance and Reconciliation.

Awesome ! Thanks Dave

Dave
just what I need, not into "heavy" reading, so have ordered it, thanks for the heads up!

Cheers chaps - you'll love it and you can chuck it at the kids/partner/person-on-the-bus too! It's upbeat, colourful, informative but doesn't pull any punches. My brain ain't getting any younger - sometimes I have to read a page of those academic books three times, which hurts

"My brain ain't getting any younger - sometimes I have to read a page of those academic books three times, which hurts"
If you're into "A Black Civilization" I can understand you ! I've started it and couldn't go any further than a few chapters...
That's why I now prefer non-anthropologic books like David Unaipon's "Legendary Tales"
Though it also may be because I'm not a native English speaker... and some things are hard for me to understand... like "it doesn't pull any punches" for example... What does that mean ?

Hi Francis

This means that it tells it like it is, just the plain truth. Nothing is hidden or watered down to make it seem better or more acceptable to the reader.

Paul

Hi Francis - English is supposed to be my first language and I'm having to start 'A Black Civilization' over again - this time with note-making so I don't loose track!!!

LoL, send me your notes when you're done then Dave

Thanks for the translation Paul

LOL - OK (it's like going to school again!)