Portraits from a Land Without People is the most comprehensive anthology of

photographs to document Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island culture yet produced.

It charts the photographic history of Indigenous Australia from the first photographs

by Douglas T. Kilburn in 1847 through to the Prime Minister’s ‘Apology’ in 2008.

 

Portraits from a Land Without People celebrates the richness, diversity and resilience

of Indigenous culture and can be ordered online at www.aboriginalportraits.com

All proceeds from this project will go to the Jimmy Little Foundation’s national

programme dedicated to improving Indigenous health, particularly kidney disease.

Jimmy Little has dedicated himself to making a positive contribution to Indigenous

health in remote areas where kidney failure runs as much as fifty times the national

average.

 

 The images compiled for ‘Portraits from a Land Without People’ are but a window

into the Indigenous society. The challenge for those who read this collection is to look

beyond the window and gaze into the heart and soul of the nation.

Patrick Dodson

 

Every face in this wonderful book tells a story that adds up to an extraordinary portrait

of Australia ... a long-overdue history of Indigenous Australia through photography.

Louis Nowra

 

The book has an authenticity that dwarfs most attempts in film, television and print to

tell the Aboriginal story of the last two centuries … It is a raw story. It stands on its own

and yet pays its respect to so many others who looked through a lens along this long road.                                                                                                                      

Jeff McMullen