NAIDOC Week Read and Watch Lists
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Celebrate NAIDOC Week with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors, musicians, stories, events and more.
This year's NAIDOC Week theme, 50 Years of Deadly, celebrates five decades of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strength, culture, leadership and achievement while looking ahead to the next generation.
Discover powerful reads including Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin, Red Dust Running by Anita Heiss and Compassion by Julie Janson.
Scroll down for our recommended reading and watching lists, and celebrate First Nations stories this NAIDOC Week and throughout the year.
Events and activities
For more NAIDOC Week events visit the official NAIDOC Week website
Read and watch
Borrow Box
Access a range of eBooks and audiobooks by and about First Nations people, available for all ages.
Kanopy
Celebrate NAIDOC Week with Kanopy. Home to a range of films written, directed or led by First Nations people.
First Nations Collection
Discover First Nations stories, film and music resources.
The South Australian Public Library Network has a growing collection of material in our First Nations languages.
You can use the “Search Catalogue” to find material in a specific language group e.g. Ngarrindjeri language, Kaurna language, or click on the link below to access all.
More from our collection
You can place a hold on a book or download an eBook from Libby by clicking on the links in the drop down boxes.
For young children
Nedingar: Ancestors
By Isobel Bevis
Dreaming
By Adam Goodes
Afloat
By Kirli Saunders & Freya Blackwood
Learning Country: A First Nations Journey Around Australia’s Traditional Place Names
By Rhyia Dank
Ngali Nga Balun, Ngali Nga Jugun = Our River, Our Country
By Baryulgil Public School
For primary school children
Protectors (Wylah The Koorie Warrior, Book 3)
By Jordan Gould, Richard Pritchard
Always Was, Always Will Be
By Aunty Fair Muir, Sue Lawson
Tamarra: A Story of Termites on Gurindji Country
By Violet Wadrill, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal, (and six others)
Songlines: First Knowledges For Younger Readers
By Margo Neale
This Book Thinks Ya Deadly!: A Celebration of Blak Excellence
By Corey Tutt
Bush Survival Skills: An Introduction to First Nations Bush Survival Skills
By Aunty Munya Andrews
For high school students
The Skin I’m In
By Steph Tisdell
First Knowledges Law: The Way of the Ancestors (The First Knowledges Series)
By Marcia Langton, Aaron Corn
I’m not really here
By Gary Lonesborough
Print copy. | eBook
The Little Red Yellow Black Book: An Introduction to Indigenous Australia
By AITSIS, Bruce Pascoe
Borderland
By Graham Akhurst
Tell Me Why: For Young Adults
Archie Roach
For adults
The Australian Wars: The Truth About the Bloody Battles Fought to Establish the Nation
By Rachel Perkins
A piece of red cloth: a novel from Arnhem Land
By Leonie Norrington, Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Djawa Burarrwanga & Djawundil Maymuru
Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place
By Kate Granville
Print copy. | eBook
Murriyang: Song of Time
By Stan Grant
Print copy. | eBook
Big Sky: When the Emu Left the Earth
By Bruce Pascoe, Professor Ray Norris
Bina: First Nations Languages, Old and New
By Gari Tudor-Smith, Paul Williams, Felicity Meakins
Long Yarn Short
By Vanessa-Turnbull Roberts