Australia and the Aboriginal people. Overview of Australia. Geography : the land. The geographic regions ; How climate affected the Aborigines ; The megafauna ; The fauna ; The flora -- The aboriginal people. The people and the land ; Walkabout ; The corroboree ; Ceremonial walkabouts ; Trade ; Transportation -- Customs : the totemic system. The arts ; Aboriginal art ; Storytelling ; Music ; Other instruments ; Dance ; Education ; Language ; Impact of Europeans on the language -- Recent history. Early visitors ; European invasion and colonization ; Story of a removed child -- Reconciliation.

Tales. Mirrabooka : a story about the Southern Cross -- The beginning island : a creation story from the first time, when Tasmania was born -- Lumerai, the mother snake : a rainbow serpent creation story from the Northern Territory -- The Murray cod : a creation map story from the Murray River Basin on the border of New South Wales and Victoria -- Boomerang : Alinga, the lizard man : a story from Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the Northern Territory -- The birth of the butterflies : a story of when death first came to the land, from the Murray River, New South Wales -- Why the kookaburra laughs : a Wiradjuri creation story from New South Wales -- The whale man and his canoe : a story from the Northern Territory -- How the birds got their colors : a Wiradjuri story from New South Wales -- First platypus, Gaygar, the little mother duck : a creation story from the top end of the Darling River region, northern New South Wales -- How the kangaroo got her pouch : a Wiradjuri story from New South Wales -- The little flying fox : a creation story from New South Wales north coast -- How Koolah the koala lost his tail : a story from northwestern New South Wales -- Pikkuw, the crocodile : a story from the Cape York area of northern Queensland -- Goolbree, how the emu lost its wings : a story from northwestern New South Wales -- The story of the didgeridoo : a story from the gulf country of the Northern Territory -- How the night owl came to be : a story from northwest New South Wales -- Myee, the Bogong Moth Woman : a story from the Albury region of New South Wales -- Frog and the lyrebird : a story from the people of the Blue Mountains -- The special platypus : a story from New South Wales central coast -- Tidalick : a story from the Murray River region of New South Wales -- Wayambah, the turtle : a story from northwestern New South Wales -- Brolga, the dancing bird : a story from the Mutti Mutti people of Lake Mungo and the Darling Basin -- The bunyip in the forest : an original scary story from Victoria -- The little koala and the bunyip : a story from Queensland -- The Min Min light : a space story from northwestern New South Wales -- Djididjidi and Kuburi : a story from the Kimberley, a region of western Australia -- Marmoo and Biamee : a creation story from New South Wales -- Belah, the sun woman : a story from the Flinders Ranges of south Australia -- The Sturt Desert Pea : a story from around Lake Eyre in south Australia -- The fire keeper : a story from the Northern Territory area -- The first Waratah : a love story from the Illawarra region of the south coast of New South Wales -- Girilambone, place of falling stars : a story from northern New South Wales.