8 best-selling autobiography books like Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella by Jack Charles

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Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella

By: Jack Charles

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Jack Charles has worn many hats throughout his life: actor, cat burglar, musician, heroin addict, a…

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1. My Place

By: Sally Morgan

4.25

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Looking at the views and experiences of three generations of indigenous Australians, this autobiogr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • australia

2. The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir

By: Anh Do

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on th… read more

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3. Talking To My Country

By: Stan Grant

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture and national identity. In July… read more

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4. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

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  • australia
  • audiobook
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5. The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

By: Leah Purcell

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep in the heart of Australia’s high country, along an ancient, hidden track, lives Molly Johnson … read more

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  • audiobook
  • australia
  • indigenous
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6. Women & Children

By: Tony Birch

4.22

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby,… read more

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  • australia
  • indigenous
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7. Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything

By: Julia Baird

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Phosphorescence comes a beautiful and timely exploration of that mos… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • australia
  • audiobook
"our bodies, our misshapen, lumpy, wobbly, birth-marked, uneven, scarred, imperfect bodies are our vessels. If only we were more gracious towards them. They won't last forever, they will eventually gr…"

-Julia Baird, Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything

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8. After Story

By: Larissa Behrendt

4.07

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England's most revered… read more

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  • audiobook
  • australia
  • indigenous
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9. My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork

By: Ash Barty

4.23

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, ri… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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10. The Space Between the Stars

By: Indira Naidoo

4.06

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

"A tender, touching and at times bloody funny meditation on life. And death. And how to live."  - D… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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11. The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

By: Eddie Betts

4.17

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Longlisted for the 2023 Indie Book Awards. It’s a long, hard road from the Nullarbor to the MCG.… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • indigenous
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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12. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

By: Grace Tame

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

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13. The Hitchhiker

By: Gabriel Bergmoser

3.36

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The Driver: Ahead he could see only the stretch of unending road, on either side brown-scorched … read more

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  • audiobook
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14. Another Day in the Colony

By: Chelsea Watego

4.43

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In this collection of deeply insightful and powerful essays, Chelsea Watego examines the ongoing an… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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15. Tell Me Again

By: Amy Thunig

4.41

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • indigenous
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
"Chapter 20-Part 2 "The hardest part of childhood with parents with these and are criminalised, isn’t necessarily life inside your home, it's how you are treated and mistreated by those outside your h…"

-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again

"I have been reading Amy Thunigs book. And this quote stood out to me. I really think this explains a lot about how AOD stigma and harmful prohibition drug policies that disproportionately criminalize…"

-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again

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16. The Visitors

By: Jane Harrison

3.86

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

On a sweltering day, 26 January, 1788, on a bluff high above Sydney Cove, seven Aboriginal men stan… read more

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  • audiobook
  • australia
  • indigenous
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17. Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music

By: Archie Roach

4.63

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B07S8QVZR5 A powerful memoir of a true Australian legend: stolen… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • indigenous
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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18. Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella

By: Jack Charles

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Jack Charles has worn many hats throughout his life: actor, cat burglar, musician, heroin addict, a… read more

Similar categories in Jack Charles's Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella book and Jack Charles's Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • indigenous
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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19. Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

By: Anita Heiss

4.31

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning au… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
"We’ve never been alone, and we have each other. Not everyone gets everything, and we are so lucky for so much. I’m learning my place, my responsibilities."

-Anita Heiss, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

"I love that I’ve been lucky enough to travel to every Australian city and work with some of the best, most forward-thinking individuals, and coach many to extraordinary feats. I love the friendships …"

-Anita Heiss, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

"P.S. I truly love every square inch of Australia. I look forward to when we realise that this country is our giver of life and will survive long after we have passed on. Maybe, then, we will each cho…"

-Anita Heiss, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

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20. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience

By: Veronica Gorrie

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • indigenous
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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21. All the Beautiful Things You Love

By: Jonathan Seidler

3.63

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

Elly and Enzo love each other.Elly and Enzo are breaking up.Now, everything must go.When Enzo sudde… read more

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Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Leah Purcell

4.11

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Julia Baird

3.89

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4.07

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4.21

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4.18

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