We are located in the Todd Mall which is in the city centre.
Address
Shop A, 79 Todd Mall, Alice Springs NT 0870
Spring Hours
Monday to Friday
9am to 5.00pm
Saturday
9am to 2.00pm
Market Sundays
9am to 1pm
Red Kangaroo Books is an independent bookstore in Alice Springs and has been trading for over decade. Our bookstore specialises in Australian and Indigenous books and serves a varied community of readers. We stock a large range of books that cover Indigenous history and art; Indigenous language books; local and regional history; biographies of local and larger-than-life heroes; fiction; children's books; and flora, fauna and natural history books. We believe we are the only bricks-and-mortar bookshop still standing between Port Augusta, Darwin, Broome and Broken Hill.
Two artists, two completely different approaches, but one abiding passion — to celebrate the natural bounty to be found in the floodplains, swamps, savannas and woodlands of northern Australia.
Mulkun Wirrpanda and John Wolseley, her adopted wäwa (brother), have created a powerful body of works depicting many of the edible plants of north-east Arnhem Land.
’I made this painting after eating bundjuŋu [bush orange] … I was thinking about how we used to eat when I was a child … I was thinking about nowadays … and about the rubbish that our children eat.’
And so Mulkun Wirrpanda, a senior elder of the Dhudi-Djapu clan, resolved to paint the traditional food plants of her Yolŋu community to safeguard this knowledge for future generations.
The suite of bark paintings Mulkun created is the subject of this lavishly illustrated book for the National Museum of Australia’s new exhibition, Midawarr | Harvest: The Art of Mulkun Wirrpanda and John Wolseley. Providing a natural counterpoint to these works is a vast and beautifully detailed scroll by renowned landscape painter John Wolseley. The supporting text draws on the wealth of Yolŋu botanical knowledge, describing the food and medicinal plants featured in the paintings and how they are collected, prepared and used.
We are a family owned local business with a passion for reading, all things books and supporting Australian and local authors. We love getting to know our customers and finding just the 'right' book for them. Our staff have the same commitment to service that we do and can offer suggestions on demand! Our focus is on Australian and regional. We have an extensive collection of books and DVDs about Indigenous culture, language and history. We also have a carefully curated selection of international authors. If we do not have what you need, we will make every effort to get it in for you. When you spend money with us, you are contributing to the local economy - but our customers tell us they shop with us because they love our range of books and our service.
We are located in the Todd Mall which is in the city centre.
Spring Hours
Monday to Friday
9am to 5.00pm
Saturday
9am to 2.00pm
Market Sundays
9am to 1pm