AustLit
BlackWords provides access to a vast record of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and their publications.
We acknowledge the First Peoples and their continuing custodianship of the lands on which we work and live.
We pay our respects to the Ancestors and their descendants, who continue in a long tradition of cultural and spiritual connections to Country since time immemorial.
We recognise their struggle and honour their contributions to current and future generations.
Discover authoritative information, research, full text, and teaching and learning resources on all forms of creative writing, including film, television, criticism and scholarship. BlackWords is an important AustLit project.
BLACKWORDS CONTAINS IMAGES OF AND INFORMATION ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY.
Users are also advised that AustLit contains information that may be culturally sensitive, including images of deceased persons. In addition, as a database that records information about Australian culture and history, AustLit, and the BlackWords material housed within it, contains terminology that reflects attitudes or language used at the time of publication that in many cases may be considered inappropriate today.
BlackWords on Tour
Find out more about our Teaching and Learning with BlackWords Professional Development opportunities.
The BlackWords Book Club
Join UQ’s BlackWords Book Club to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander books, films, and other works.

