1. Art motifs
2. Art, Aboriginal Australian
3. Colours
4. Emotions
5. Environment
6. Landscapes
7. Literary techniques
8. Nature
9. Poetry
10. Visual literacy

In poetic written text and brightly-coloured illustrations, Bronwyn Bancroft explores the Australian landscape in a picture book which speaks to her deep love of this country. Each double-page spread explores and illustrates a particular colour showing the reader where in the natural world that colour can be found. The book gives a strong sense of the vastness of the Australian landscape as there are no urban scenes to be found in it. This is also a wonderful example to readers of modern Indigenous Australian art that combines dot painting with movement and bold shapes. The palette is extended to some more unusual colours such as indigo and the violet of a night sky. As well as helping young readers learn colours, the book will enchant others with the sheer beauty of the illustrations. Bronwyn Bancroft is a Bundjalung woman.

1. Educate. Empower blog 'Colours of Australia' by Bronwyn Bancroft. https://educateempower.blog/2016/09/08/colours-of-australia-by-bronwyn-bancroft/
2. National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day Activity Kit https://www.snaicc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02473.pdf
3. Bronwyn Bancroft https://www.bronwynbancroft.com/
4. The Daily Examiner Video Bronwyn Bancroft Exhibition from 'Colours of Australia' https://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/videos/bronwyn-bancrofts-colours-australia/39416/
5. ABC News Bronwyn Bancroft exhibition 'Colours of Australia' Grafton NSW https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-02/bronwyn-bancroft-artist-and-activist/7468688
6. Bronwyn Bancroft's Aboriginal Australian Picture Books November 2017 https://www.thecultureconcept.com/christmas-gifts-bronwyn-bancrofts-aboriginal-picture-books