a list of first nations organisations, brands and art to peruse
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FASHION
Grace Lillian Lee – gracelillianlee.com @gracelillianlee
Clothing The Gaps – clothingthegaps.com.au @clothingthegaps
Amber Days – amberdays.com.au @amberdays_thelabel
Haus of Dizzy – hausofdizzy.com @hausofdizzy
Liandra Swim – liandraswim.com @official_liandra
Gammin Threads – gamminthreads.com @gamminthreads
Ginny’s Girl Gang – ginnysgirlgang.com @ginnysgirlgang
Ngali – ngali.com.au @ngali_australia
Kirrikin – kirrikin.com @kirrikinaustralia
Bush Magic Metal – bushmagicmetal.com @bush.magic.metal
Magpie Goose – magpiegoose.com @magpiegoose.au
House of Darwin – houseofdarwin.com @houseofdarwin
HOMEWARES AND ART
Babbarra Women’s Centre – babbarra.com @babbarradesigns
Emro Designs – emrodesigns.com.au @emro_designs
Manapan Furniture – manapan.com.au @manapanfurniture
K-Rae Designs – kraedesigns.com.au @k.rae.designs
Mulganai – mulganai.com @mulganai
Charlotte Allingham – charlotteallingham.com @coffinbirth
Aretha Brown – @_enterthedragon_
Charlotte Allingham – @coffinbirth
Otis Hope Carey – @otishopecarey
Tony Albert – @tonyalbert
Kaylene Whiskey – Iwantja Arts
FOOD
Sobah – sobah.com.au @sobahbeverages
Mabu Mabu – mabumabu.com.au @mabu_mabu_aus
Indigearth – indigearth.com.au @indigearth
Maningrida Wild Foods – maningrida.com @maningridawildfoods
Lore – loreaustralia.com @loreaustralia
Kakadu Plum Co – kakaduplumco.com @kakaduplumco
Taka Gin Co – takaginco.com.au @takaginco
BOOKS
Heat and Light by Ellen Van Neerven
The Welcome to Country Handbook: A Guide to Indigenous Australia by Professor Marcia Langton AO
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia edited by Anita Heiss
Plains of Promise by Alexis Wright
Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko
Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen
Jilya: How one Indigenous woman from the remote Pilbara transformed psychology by Tracy Westerman
FILM
In My Blood It Runs (2019) directed by Maya Newell
Ablaze (2021) directed by Alec Morgan and Tiriki Onus
Sweet As (2022) directed by Jub Clerc
We Are Still Here (2024) directed by Beck Cole, Danielle MacLean, Tracey Rigney, Miki Magasiva, Tim Worrall, Chantelle Burgoyne, Dena Curtis and Renae Maihi
The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson (2021) directed by Leah Purcell
Sweet Country (2017) directed by Warwick Thornton
The Australian Dream (2019) directed by Daniel Gordon
MUSIC