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Northern Territory Reading Resources
Planning a trip to the Northern Territory? These recommended books provide useful background on Aboriginal culture, Kakadu National Park, Darwin, Arnhem Land, wildlife, history and the people who have shaped Australia’s Top End.
Top End Reading
Kakadu People
Context for Kakadu, its people, stories and cultural connections to Country.
True Stories of the Top End
Local stories, people and places from across the Top End.
Buffalo’s Adventures in Arnhem Land
Reading connected with Arnhem Land, remote northern Australia and Top End life.
Aboriginal Culture
Men’s Business, Women’s Business
A cultural reading resource connected to Aboriginal knowledge and traditions.
The Original Australians
A broad introduction to Aboriginal history and Australian cultural context.
Why Warriors Lay Down and Die
Context for understanding social and cultural issues affecting Aboriginal communities.
Bunji: A Story of the Gwalwa Daraniki Movement
Reading connected with Aboriginal rights, Darwin and the Gwalwa Daraniki movement.
Songlines and Faultlines
Reading on Aboriginal identity, culture and relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia.
History
The Killing Times
A resource connected to the Coniston Massacre and Australian frontier history.
The Last Roundup
Australian pastoral history, regional change and people of the land.
38 Degrees South: Australia Felix
Australian historical reading from the wider ethical aventures resource collection.
Among the Barbarians
A broader Australian reading resource from the ethical adventures collection.
Nature and Wildlife
Termites of Northern Australia
Reading about one of northern Australia’s most visible natural features.
Native Plants of Northern Australia
Useful reading for visitors interested in native plants, habitats and ecology.
Explore the NT with ethical adventures
These resources support the places, stories, cultures and environments visitors experience on our Darwin, Kakadu, Litchfield and Northern Territory tours.