A Record in Bone by Michelle C Langley

A Record in Bone by Michelle C LangleyBone and tooth tools and ornaments have been made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for at least 46,000 years, using some of the oldest technologies in the world. Despite their beauty, sophistication and ubiquity, archaeologists and other researchers have overwhelmingly focused on the stone artefacts of Australia. Consequently, until now, we have known little of how bone and tooth objects were made and used, or how individual

and all her friends

this compelling tale delivers the perfect combination of enchantment and insight

one-by-one

Beginning with a Bengali poetry collection discovered in a nineteenth-century mosque in the town of Broken Hill

Step-by-step illustrations reveal methods for knotting

and below with her neighbour Wingo

bound by the Queensland border to the north and the South Australian border to the west

it's up to YOU to find the culprit

spanning a hundred and fifty years and seven lifetimes

often in the pioneers' own words

Colin Kinchela

Marcus Aurelius and others continue to be vitally relevant to today's doers and thinkers