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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture
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Teacher resources for Australian Curriculum
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Network Event Premiere 8.30PM Tues 18 Nov on SBS ONE and NITV. First Contact shines a light on the deep divide between Indigenous Australians and the rest of the nation by taking six non-Indigenous people and immersing them into Aboriginal Australia for the first time.
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Classroom resources for "First Contact" series on SBS...have you been discussing this topic in your classroom?
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The first Aboriginal genome sequence confirms Australia's native people left Africa 75,000 years ago.
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Who lived here first and how do we know? Such an interesting article from Australian Geographic...many, many relevant AC links ...particularly for Year 3 and Year 7 AC History��
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Apparently, Tony Abbott needs to brush up on his history.
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Some excellent images here to prompt classroom discussion...many of the topics covered across the Australian Curriculum
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July 5, 2014 11:11 PM
This week in Australian history...another blooper from the PM!
On a positive note, some great images here for classroom discussion and beyond��
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In this series Jack Buckskin outlines some basic words and phrases of the Kaurna language. The Kaurna are the original inhabitants of the Adelaide plains area in South Australia. For more information on the Kaurna language visit the KWP website - 'adelaide.edu.au/kwp'
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Links to AC History Year 7 'Ancient Australia'. See full teaching and learning sequence by HTAA www.achistoryunits.edu.au
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Based on Aboriginal combat, the ancient martial art of Coreeda has played a crucial role in controlling hostility for thousands of years.
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Great to see these kids having the opportunity to learn about and practice this ancient form of martial arts...and it having a positive community outcome.
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Modern Australia has an odd relationship with Federation.
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Indigenous perspective of Australia's Federation
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January 1, 2014 6:15 AM
Federation Day and Australia's Indigenous people...
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Steve Wurramara, from Groote Eylandt, explains a local bush medicine, ardugalikba (bush onion), in Anindilyakwa. Since December 2011, Steve has been filming ...
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Attitudes to Indigenous rights (The 1967 Referendum and The 1972 Tent Embassy in Canberra)
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Fabulous collection of resources here...thanks Sally!
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I support the 2013 Get Caught Reading Campaign, to raise funds for literacy in remote Indigenous communities Australia-wide. DO IT!
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Indigenous language documents revealing early contact between Aboriginal people and European settlers has been unearthed.
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Summary: Students will analyse an Aboriginal Image. They will use their detective skills to work out what is happening in each image.
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Important note:The following lesson could be enhanced by acknowledging the sources of the images as part of the lesson procedure, therefore modelling best practice in crediting your source. Also some of the images have been taken out of the context of their original website. This is a teaching point that could be shared with your students, ie the pros and cons of 'googling' for images...
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March 8, 2016 1:10 AM
Important note:The following lesson could be enhanced by acknowledging the sources of the images as part of the lesson procedure, therefore modelling best practice in crediting your source. Also some of the images have been taken out of the context of their original website. This is a teaching point that could be shared with your students, ie the pros and cons of 'googling' for images... |
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n the eve of Anzac Day the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs launched the book They Served with Honour: Untold Stories of Western Australian Aboriginal Servicemen at Gallipoli. Written and published by the WA Department of Aboriginal Affairs. The book tells the unknown stories of 13 Aboriginal servicemen from WA who served at Gallipoli. The stories not only look at the soldiers war experiences but also touch their lives prior to enlisting and for those who returned their lives after war.
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The stories not only look at the soldiers war experiences but also touch their lives prior to enlisting and for those who returned their lives after war. Their stories include tales of courage, valour, of finding love, and of their continued struggles post-war.
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An excellent interactive resource from Melbourne Museum with embedded audio to hear the rich diversity of Aboriginal languages throughout Victoria.
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Two free maps of the Perth CBD have been released, revealing historic sites of the Wadjuk Noongar people.
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Fabulous excursion idea for Perth students and teachers to engage with the AC Cross Curriculum Priority: Aboriginal History and culture...Karla Yarning: stories from the home fires opens the door to this ancient culture.
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Fantastic collection of interactive activities, including timelines and YouTube videos, ready to share with your students, promote critical thinking and conversations.
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This Language List section has been designed to give you access to various lists that exist that detail the traditional languages of Australia. Why are there many lists ? Well, there is no definitive list, there has existed over 250 plus languages in Australia with maybe up to 800 dialects...
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“ Most Australians celebrate Australia Day as the day Australia was founded. In contrast, Aboriginal people mourn their history and call it ‘Invasion Day’.”
Via Catherine Smyth
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April 6, 2015 12:48 AM
This article outlines the particular significance of Survival Day for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals and communities, and links this back to the origins of the day. It includes poems, quotes, recounts and learning activities, and references to alternative commemorative ceremonies such as the Yabun Festival in Sydney.
The article is up-to-date, balanced, written in accessible language and respectful. It acknowledges that individual's experiences are different, and so different areas and communities commemorate Survival Day in different ways. It quotes directly and extensively from Aboriginal individuals, and so details authentic perspectives. As a result, the article is appropriate for use in a stage 3 classroom (Craven, ND), though care should be taken not to generalise based off the content provided.
This article provides an excellent platform for reaching out to a school's local Aboriginal community. Teachers and students could invite local community members to speak about their perspectives on Survival Day, and what they do to commemorate it. This would help students to discuss and respect the cross-curriculum priority of "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures" (Gilbert & Hoepper, 2014, p. 7) in regards to the origin and significance of Australia Day/Survival Day, and have the added benefit of tethering students' learning to their local context in order to aid comprehension and relevance (Brophy & Alleman, 2009, p. 372).This in turn promotes the key values and attitudes of "informed and responsible attitudes" and "intercultural understanding" which are highlighted in the HSIE K-6 Syllabus (2007, p. 8).
Finally, the specific content in this article is also suitable to be used in teaching and learning activities which draw from the English Syllabus. English outcome EN3-7C states that students should "think imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identif[y] connections between texts when responding to and composing texts" (BOSTES, 2015, English K-10 Syllabus online). Outcome EN3-8D states that a student "identifies and considers how different viewpoints of their world, including aspects of culture, are represented in texts" (BOSTES, 2015, English K-10 Syllabus online). Both of these outcomes can be explicitly explored through engagement with this resource. Using the poems and stories provided through this article as literary texts allows for this content to be integrated across Key Learning Areas.
Board of Studies NSW. (2007). Human Society and its Environment K-6 Syllabus. Sydney: Author.
Board of Studies Teaching and Educational Standards NSW. (2015). English K-10 Syllabus. Sydney: Author.
Brophy, J. & Alleman, J. (2009). Meaningful social studies for elementary students. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 15(3), 357-376.
Craven, R. (ND). Selection Criteria: Aboriginal Cultural Studies and Aboriginal perspectives across the curriculum.
Gilbert, R. & Hoepper, B. (Eds.). (2014). Teaching humanities and social sciences: History, geography, economics & citizenship in the Australian curriculum. Fifth Edition. South Melbourne: Cengage Learning Australia.
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As Australia has the oldest continuous culture on Earth, the first Australians were very likely to have also been the first astronomers. In 2008 CSIRO astrophysicist Ray Norris set out with wildlife expert Cilla Norris to learn, collect and document the stories of Australian Aboriginal astronomy from community elders who were the custodians of these stories
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Ray and Cilla Norris’s publication Emu dreaming: An introduction to Australian Aboriginal Astronomy became the message stick to a new generation of teachers, who are now adding the richness of Indigenous observations to astronomy science classes
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has promised to hold a referendum on recognising Aboriginal peoples in the Australian constitution. Professor George Williams from...
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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has today been named as the top cultural figure in the country in a list published by daily business and finance paper the Australian Financial Review.
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For thousands of years different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups have maintained connections to particular areas of Australia. They often refer to their traditional lands as 'country'. In this activity you will explore the importance of country. Watch the following video where two Aboriginal people, Lex and Baressa, talk about their country and what it means to them.
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October 15, 2013 10:08 PM
AC Geography Foundation Year: People live in places CD - The Countries/Places that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples belong to in the local area and why they are important to them.
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Magabala Books - Australia's oldest independent Indigenous publishing house.
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Fantastic collection from Magabala Books...complete with Teacher's notes and links to the Australian Curriculum.
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March 8, 2016 1:10 AM
Fantastic collection from Magabala Books...complete with Teacher's notes and links to the Australian Curriculum.
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While detail on Indigenous policy under a Coalition government may be scant, Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott has stated repeatedly that it will be a primary focus of his government.
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"'The status quo is just not good enough" says Mundine. Very interesting interview from SBS 'The Observer' on the night after the Federal election...implications for teaching Aboriginal history and culture in our classrooms? Have a look and keep this discussion alive...
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Fantastic collection of Primary and Secondary audio-visual, digibooks and more from ABC Splash teacher resources...