First Knowledges: The Collection 10-Book Box Set

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series offers an introduction to Indigenous knowledges in vital areas and their application to the present day and the future. This box set celebrates all ten books as a collection for the first time.

First Knowledges: The Collection introduces Indigenous knowledge systems in vital areas, exploring their relevance to the present and the future. It brings together two distinct ways of understanding the natural world: one rooted in over 65,000 years of tradition, the other shaped by colonial perspectives. Each book is a collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers and editors, with the series curated by Margo Ngawa Neale, former senior Indigenous curator at the National Museum of Australia.

For the first time, all ten books of this bestselling series are available in a collectable box set featuring the artwork Nganampa Ngura (Our Country) by Alec Baker and Kunmanara (Peter) Mungkuri.

The box set includes:

• Songlines by Lynne Kelly and Margo Neale (2020)
• Design by Alison Page and Paul Memmott (2021)
• Country by Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe (2021)
• Astronomy by Karlie Noon and Krystal De Napoli (2022)
• Plants by Zena Cumpston, Michael-Shawn Fletcher and Lesley Head (2022)
• Law by Marcia Langton and Aaron Corn (2023)
• Innovation by Ian J McNiven and Lynette Russell (2023)
• Health by Shawana Andrews, Sandra Eades and Fiona Stanley (2024)
• Ceremony by Wesley Enoch and Georgia Curran (2025)
• Politics by Mary Graham and Morgan Brigg (2026)

Published July 2026
Paperback box set
240mm x 181mm
ISBN 9781760766009