The Protectors: A journey through whitefella past by Stephen Gray (4 to 6 week wait)

The Protectors: A journey through whitefella past by Stephen Gray (4 to 6 week wait)Powerful and provocative, this is a beautifully written and very personal search to understand the men who were the protectors of Aboriginal people in Australia's north their moral ambiguities, their good intentions and the devastating consequences of their decisions. On 13 February 2008 Kevin Rudd and Brendan Nelson gave two very different apology speeches to the Stolen Generations. Rudd alluded to racism, eugenics and the immorality of past

After two separate catastrophes

others are old family favourites

on 12 July 1979

Robert Macklin was born in Queensland and educated at University of Queensland and the Australian National University

Eliza Shaw died in 1877

Claire later returned to Croker Island and married

Without The Artist's Way

despite decades of consultation and policy shifts

The spectacular shapes of Uluru and Kata Tjuta dominate the surrounding desert and are the culmination of geological events stretching over hundreds of millions of years

With startling honesty

Woven throughout are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation

The Reptiles and Frogs of Alice Springs