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1 29 y separately published work icon The Morality of Gentlemen Amanda Lohrey , Chippendale : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1984 Z381076 1984 single work novel (taught in 3 units)
1 y separately published work icon Eyes of the Whites Tony Strachan , Sydney : Alternative Publishing Co-operative Nimrod Theatre Press , 1983 Z152946 1983 single work drama
1 1 y separately published work icon I Will Not Say the Day is Done Hesba Brinsmead , Chippendale : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1983 Z800655 1983 single work prose
1 3 y separately published work icon Last Day in Woolloomooloo Ron Blair , Sydney : Alternative Publishing Co-operative Nimrod Theatre Press , 1983 Z124010 1979 single work drama
1 2 y separately published work icon The Time Was Ripe : A History of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (1956-69) Faith Bandler (editor), Len Fox (editor), Chippendale : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1983 Z558643 1983 single work

Aboriginal advancement in pre 50s and 60s; Citizenship, NSW Aborigines Protection Act, 1967 Referendum, government policy, land rights, relations with police, colour bars, role of trade unions and churches, Bill Ferguson The Day of Mourning and the Aborigines Progressive Association, Albert; Namatjira and Robert Tudawali, the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement, Grace Bradsley; Contributions by F. Bandler, K. Brindle, C. Leon, P. Leon, C. Combo, R. Guiterman, M. Holburn, B. Rigby, J. Horner, L. Fox, P. Gibbs, I. McIlraith, W. Ferguson, W. Garland, E. Witton, M. Fox, D. Graham, G. Bardsley, M. Barr, B. Knott, B. Jennings,; A. Namatjira, R. Tudawali.

Source: The National Library of Australia.
2 4 y separately published work icon Traitors Stephen Sewell , 1979 Sydney : Alternative Publishing Co-operative Nimrod Theatre Press , 1983 Z1164836 1979 single work drama (taught in 4 units)
1 6 y separately published work icon Welcome the Bright World Stephen Sewell , 1982 Sydney : Alternative Publishing Co-operative Nimrod Theatre Press , 1983 Z246035 1982 single work drama
1 1 y separately published work icon The Traeger Kid Margaret Sharpe , Sydney : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1983 Z217243 1983 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon The Temple Maslyn Williams , Sydney : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1982 Z184317 1982 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon The Little Byron : The Life of Alfred Midgley, Queensland Poet, Parliamentarian and Methodist Pioneer (1849-1930) Zoe O'Leary , Chippendale : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1982 Z922749 1982 single work biography
1 1 y separately published work icon Hold Fast to Dreams : fifty years in theatre, radio, television and books Leslie Rees , Chippendale : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1982 Z542900 1982 single work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon Flying Saucery and Other Plays for Young People Mona Brand , Sydney : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1981 Z197678 1981 selected work drama
1 y separately published work icon Landscape Art and the Blue Mountains : The Artistic, Historical and Environmental Influences Upon the Landscape Art of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia : With an Introduction to the Ways in Which Nature and Art May Be Linked in Painting Hugh Speirs , Chippendale : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1981 Z1180992 1981 single work non-fiction
1 y separately published work icon Flying Saucery : Three Plays for Young People Mona Brand , Sydney : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1981 Z861119 1981 single work drama
1 1 y separately published work icon Stories of Obed Raggett Obed Raggett , Billy Marshall-Stoneking (editor), ( trans. Obed Raggett )expression Sydney : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1980 Z1157851 1980 selected work prose Indigenous story dreaming story
1 3 y separately published work icon Fringedweller Robert Bropho , Chippendale : Alternative Publishing Co-operative Australia Council. Aboriginal Arts Board. , 1980 Z78453 1980 single work autobiography

'Fringedweller describes the life of Robert Bropho, but as well that of nearly all Aboriginals in Australia. They live on the fringes of large and small communities in all the states under conditions of deprivation and almost unimaginable humiliation. Robert Bropho in this work takes us with him across the length and breadth of Australia, from Broome in the Kimberleys to the outskirts of Perth, to Ceduna in South Australia, and to Alice Springs and beyond in the centre. We experience what it is like to be an Aborigine, and we learn how they react to their circumstances and to the white people, and white officialdom, with whom they have to deal, and who have the power to decide the most detailed conditions of their lives. Bropho lives and breathes the wrongs of his people, and in this book we are able to grasp how such a man, with utter singleness of purpose, pleads cajoles and, sometimes, threatens, in order to bring their condition to the attention to their fellow white Australians. It is not a unique life, but what is exceptional is that for the first time we have the story told in the unembellished often ungrammatical words of one such sufferer. The book is, consequently unlike any other. The problem, Bropho says, won't go away - "We'll always be here, more numerous than ever". (Source: Inside cover)
2 2 y separately published work icon One Man's War Stan Arneil , Sydney : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1980 Z279328 1980 single work autobiography war literature
1 1 y separately published work icon There's More To Life Koorie Dhoulagarle , Chippendale : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1979 Z1652790 1979 single work autobiography

'Koorie Dhoulagarle's story; except for its conclusion, is that of all Aborigines the world over. He accepted white culture as observed in his half-conscious process of acculturisation. Drink occupied a central place, as did the local 'tough-guy' version of machismo. The ability to drink, to fight, to play football proved manliness and worthiness for acceptance.

Koorie's alienation made alcoholism inevitable. Universal wherever ancient cultures face destruction, alcohol is a double edged sword. Hospitals in America, Europe, and Australia are bulging with the disoriented, and bewildered, no more able to cope with an incomprehensible civilisation than Aborigines are. The wheel is nearly full circle.

Koorie plumbed the depths, landed in prison, lost his family, and the d.t.'s nearly killed him. He found the strength, without help, to reverse the process. Today his loving family is with him and his white work mates, who fob him off when he wants to talk about serious matters, laugh and go off to the pub without him.'(Source: back cover)
1 13 y separately published work icon Karobran : The Story of an Aboriginal Girl Monica Clare , Sydney : Alternative Publishing Co-operative , 1978 Z503312 1978 single work novel

An insight into the treatment and interactions of black, Aboriginal and other women with white society. The narrator highlights her and her fathers life as an Aboriginal sheep shearer. It also highlights the hardships they faced as a single parent family and Claire's experience of being taken away as an Aboriginal child by the policies of the day. The novel also describes her involvement in politics and working towards a better life for all Aboriginal people. (Published posthumously)
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