What is Culture For? Shop For / The Home First Nations author and illustrator

First Nations author and illustrator Helen Milroy returns to the backyard with a picture book designed to teach kids (and their handlers) all about the scurrying

Featuring artists such as Prince

unfolding tapestry of Australian life in the late nineteenth century

spoken by Yuin (Yuwinj) people between Nowra and Narooma and used as far inland as Braidwood and Araluen

What is Culture For? Shop For / The Home First Nations author and illustratorOur societies frequently proclaim their enormous esteem for culture. Music, film, literature and the visual arts enjoy high prestige and are viewed by many as getting close to the meaning of life. But what is culture really for? This book proposes that works of culture were all made, in one way or another, with the idea of improving the way we live. This book connects a range of cultural masterpieces with our own dilemmas and pains around love, work