A Town is Born by Steve Hawke

A Town is Born by Steve HawkeIn the course of a couple of years the township of Fitzroy Crossing in the remote Kimberley changed from a tiny frontier outpost, to a refugee camp with hundreds of people living in fringe camps in third world conditions. From this maelstrom a unique community emerged, with a strong ethos of cooperation and support amongst the various peoples of the Fitzroy Valley.

This is an urgent story of political irresponsibility

This field guide explains the geology and features of the landscape to the interested walker

The Two Lost Children traces an episode in the lives of two Aboriginal children

Great for encouraging creativity and developing fine motor skills

The Sitter explores the tension between artist and subject

including dreamwork

having discovered only as an adult her ability to electrify everyday objects with her touch

the spirit and the flesh

In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears

Victorian Prize for Literature 2023**

A lyrical memoir from a first-time author that has won critical acclaim Australia-wide

Only those who allowed their inner hold on their moral and spiritual selves to subside eventually fell victim to the camp's degenerating influence - while those who made a victory of those experiences turned them into an inner triumph