Australian Indigenous Studies 

For background information on Australian Indigenous Studies, there are many reference sources available in both print and electronic format. Use these resources to clarify the meaning of your topic and to check for synonyms (similar words) for your topic words.

The Library's web page listing Electronic Reference resources could also be of value, especially Electronic Subject Dictionaries and Encyclopedias relating to Australian Indigenous Studies.

AusAnthrop - Indigenous peoples, languages and dialectal groups

The Australian People: An encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their origins 2001

Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia (electronic) 1994

Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia (print) 1994

Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues: An encyclopedia 2003

Oxford Companion to Australian History 2001

Alyawarr to English Dictionary 1992

Eastern and Central Arrernte to English Dictionary 1994

Illustrated Dictionary of the South-west Aboriginal Language 1996

Macquarie Aboriginal Words 1994

Noongar Dictionary: Noongar to English and English to Noongar 1997

Pintupi/Luritja Dictionary 1992

Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary 1992

Wangkatha Dictionary 2002

Atlas of World Cultures

Cultural Atlas of Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific 1995

The Gaia Atlas of First Peoples 1990

Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia: Culture and society through space and time 2005

Aborigines of New Norcia 1845-1914 1989

Aborigines of the Albany Region 1821-1898 1989

Aborigines of the Southwest Region 1829-1840 1989

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Australian Indigenous Servicemen WWI 2003

Dictionary of Western Australians Vol.X:
Far from home, Aboriginal prisoners of Rottnest Island 1838-1931 1997

Who's Who in Australia 1927-