Examines publications on the history of aboriginal culture in Australian literature. Adam Shoemaker's `Black Words, White Paper: Aboriginal Literature 1929-1988'; J.J. Healy's `Literature and the Aborigine in Australia'; Mudrooroo Nyoonghah's `Writing From the Fringe: A Study of Modern Aboriginal Literature'; Vijay Mishra's `The Dark Side of the Dream: Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind.'