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First Australians study
guides
http://www.metromagazine.com.au/studyguides/study.asp
Study guides on each episode of the First Australians documentary
television
series are being prepared by the Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM).
The
guides can be downloaded from the ATOM website.
Dust Echoes
http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/
"Dust Echoes is a series of twelve beautifully animated dreamtime stories
from Central Arnhem Land, telling stories of love, loyalty, duty to
country and aboriginal custom and law. "
It seems that this is targeted at non indigenous groups
Film
Australia
http://www.filmaust.com.au/learning
A collection
of resources and videos related to the history of Indigenous people and
their culture.
Aboriginal
people in the Gibson Desert
http://dl.filmaust.com.au/module/721/
Indigenous
health workers
http://dl.filmaust.com.au/module/729/
Aboriginal
people make a canoe and hunt a turtle
http://dl.filmaust.com.au/module/724/
Dreamings,
through Indigenous art
http://dl.filmaust.com.au/module/726/
Didgeridoo Cultural Hub
"What is a real didgeridoo and what is a fake didgeridoo? In this
website, you will find useful topics that shed light on the
complex issues of authenticity and commercial exploitation. We
explain what an authentic didgeridoo is and contrast this with a
souvenir didgeridoo and didgeridoos of non-Indigenous origin."
Includes information on the creation and maintenance of this
Australian musical instrument, images, video clips, audio files,
and playing techniques.
http://www.ididj.com.au
Aboriginal languages of
Australia
There are more than 200 Australian Indigenous
languages. Less than 20 languages are strong, and even these are endangered: the
others have been destroyed, live in the memories of the elderly, or are being
revived by their communities. This site has annotated links to 224 resources
for about 70 languages. About 33% of these resources are produced or
published by Indigenous people.
Tindale's Map of Aboriginal Tribal Areas
http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindale/boundaries_intro.htm
Tindale's map of Aboriginal group boundaries at the time of European
contact, published in 1974. Click on the map to zoom in.
Dreaming Stories
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/storylist.htm
All over Australia, Dreaming stories tell of the ancestor spirits who
created the land and everything on it.
Roebourne: Bush Tucker and Medicine
http://www.roebourne.wa.edu.au/culture/bush.htm
Bush foods information from students of Roebourne School Western
Australia.
This
section has information on Indigenous Australia including Cultural Heritage,
Spirituality, Family, Land and Social Justice. It also has a Glossary and an
Indigenous Australia Timeline.
This
section features 20 stories from the cultures of Indigenous Australians,
collected from all over Australia. They reflect an essential part of the life of
Indigenous Australians.
This
section has "Kids Factsheets", a "Kids Indigenous
Dictionary" and hints on how to find information in this website.
This
section has information on Indigenous studies, Consulting Indigenous
Communities, hints, links and curriculum guidelines.
Wet
Tropics World Heritage Area
http://www.wettropics.gov.au/
Information on rainforest plants and animals and Aboriginal rainforest
heritage.Wet
Tropics World Heritage Area
http://www.wettropics.gov.au/
Information on rainforest plants and animals and Aboriginal rainforest
heritage.
Come
on a virtual tour of the Australian Museum's Indigenous Australia Gallery.
Aboriginal Studies
http://www.edna.edu.au/go/browse/1190
Aboriginal Studies Learning Quests
http://www.edna.edu.au/go/browse/20019
Our
deadly site: BSDE Indigenous web site
http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/edulist/reviews/efl03295.htm
This eye-catching and appealing site has links to a number of resources on
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, identity, education and
employment. (LS - US)
Australian Indigenous Art
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/indigenousart/
Australian Indigenous art is the oldest ongoing tradition of art in the world.
Initial forms of artistic Aboriginal expression were rock carvings, body
painting and ground designs, which date back more than 30,000 years. Art has
always been an important part of Aboriginal life, connecting past and present,
the people and the land, and the supernatural and reality.
Pre Contact Aboriginal Society
http://www.koori.usyd.edu.au/students/rossc/
Description of lifestyles of Aboriginal people before European contact.
Aboriginal Astronomy
http://www.questacon.edu.au/html/aboriginal_astronomy.html
These stories are from Questacon's book The Emu in the Sky, a collection of Aboriginal astronomy stories from all around Australia.
Here is the link to a unit of work - really a whole stack of teaching
ideas related to Aboriginal history, culture & citizenship and
reconciliation - for Kindergarten to year 6 using Discovering Democracy
resources that are
readily available in most schools.
http://activated.decs.act.gov.au/learning/discdemoc/evattps.htm
Click on the link to "Democratic Pathways to Reconciliation". We
wrote the
work to share as widely as possible so please share with everyone you
think might find it useful.
Songlines
http://www.nanou.com.au/songlines/
Songlines, or Yiri in the Walpiri language, are tracks across the
landscape created by Mythical Aboriginal ancestors when they created the
physical features of the land.
Visiting Sacred Sites
http://www.koori.usyd.edu.au/students/daleneileeyo/
Information on various types of Aboriginal Sites and their significance.
Some more ideas in the ATSIC classroom
here.http://www.atsic.gov.au/classroom/default.asp
Do you have Aboriginal families in your school? Ask them.
able to celebrate. We found one family with an uncle visiting for a few
weeks. He taught all our Aboriginal students some traditional dances. We
also asked the year 5/6 Aboriginal students for their favourite music and did
modern dance performances (modern culture is as valid as traditional culture).
The whole school sang Christine Anu's "My Island Home" with clapsticks,
powerpoint slides and lots of flag-waving. It's home to all of us!
I have a file of traditional games gleaned from the internet. Just Google
["traditional games" Aboriginal] to find a collection of useful
sites.
These activities are fun, take little preparation and all students seem to enjoy
them. Email me off-list if you cannot find them.
There are plenty of available performers - storytellers, musicians,
dancers etc if you want to go that route. I think these are valuable but the
things you do yourself make closer connections for students.
Taba Naba is an easy dance from Torres Strait that all students can learn.
It is a sit-down dance so the whole school can do it in assembly.
Christine Anu sings and demonstrates it with The Wiggles on their video
"it's a Wiggly Wiggly World". I could not buy a copy at my local shops
but got one from e-bay. If you like this song/dance, I can send you some
variations in the choreography that I have learned from authentic teachers and
use regularly with students of different ages.
Check here. http://www.caritas.org.au/education/ed_resource_cd.htm
for the Caritas Reconciliation CD and study guide. It is cheap and really good.
Our senior classes sang the Paul Kelly song "From Little Things Big
Things
Grow" while the students acted out the famous Gough Whitlam / Vincent
Lingiari scene when the Gurindji received title to their land after long
years of waiting and lobbying etc. The whole story of the Gurindji people
is amazing to our students who are all too young to remember.
CSIRO Land and Water - Australian Native Foods
http://www.clw.csiro.au/nativefoods/
These pages provide information on Australian native foods crop development and
industry
Australian
Indigenous Languages
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/LangHome.html
Addresses, dictionaries, and place names of Aboriginal Australia.
NSW Aboriginal Land Council
http://www.alc.org.au/
NSW Aboriginal Land Council aims to protect the interests and further the
aspirations of its members and the broader Aboriginal community.
http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_Modules/dreamtime/dreamtime_stories.html
Indigenous Lesson Ideas: Mabo Ten Years On
http://www.myinternet.com.au/edu/indigenous/index.html
This Learning Quest was developed as a collaboration between the Australian Bureau of Statistics and myinternet Limited. The content is based around
Indigenous Statistics and uses the Mabo land rights decision in 1992 as a starting point to examine Indigenous communities in Australia.
http://www.edna.edu.au/go/browse/20019
2 upper primary
webquests
Dreamtime Stories
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/storylist.htm
The stories found here include Creation, Eaglehawk and Crow, Emu and the
Jabiru, Gulaga, How the water got to the plains, Illawarra and the five
islands, Koockard, Why the crocodile rolls, Red Waratah, The two wise men and
the seven sisters, Thukeri, Toonkoo and Ngaardi, and Umbarra. There is also an
explanation of many of the stories and some discussion of the importance of
passing the stories on.
World Heritage - Welcome to the Wet Tropics
http://www.wettropics.gov.au/
This website serves as a visitor's guide to tropical North Queensland's World
Heritage Area - 'the sort of place you could travel to over and over again and
still not see everything.' Virtual visitors can read about the flora and fauna
of the region, check out some of the sights, and learn about Aboriginal
culture. The site also offers a downloadable Cassowary Education Kit (for
grades 5-7) and a Wet Tropics Library, providing 'a comprehensive and easy to
access collection of information related to the Wet Tropics and the Wet
Tropics Management Authority'.
http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_Modules/dreamtime/dreamtime_stories.html
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/dreaming/stories.html
Stories
of the Dreaming
Part of the Australian Museum Online, these stories may be read,
listened to or watched online (Realplayer required). There are links to
information about storytelling, about the dreaming, copyright plus a kids’
page and a teacher page. The Background Info link has information on
Indigenous Australia including Cultural Heritage, Spirituality, Family, Land
and Social Justice. It also has a Glossary and an Indigenous Australia
Timeline.
Bradshaw Paintings
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/
Rock Art of the Kimberleys district that are suggested to be over 50,000 years old.
Jinta Desert Art
http://www.jintaart.com.au/culinfo.htm
Information and profile of traditional art from the Central Australian Desert.
Speaking Land
http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/aacg/index.htm
Online presentations of Aboriginal cultural traditions at the South
Australian Museum.
Burrara Gathering
http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/main_new.html
Find out about the life of the Burrara people from Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.
The Day The Sun Darkened
http://www.koori.usyd.edu.au/students/josiel/
Long, long ago in the land of the Dreamtime there was a beautiful place
called Allaru. This land was the home of an Aboriginal tribe, called Nowena.
Aboriginal Dreaming: Ngurunderi
http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/ngurunderi/nghome.htm
This exhibition is about the Ngarrindjeri, the Aboriginal people of the Lower Murray River, Lakes and
Coorong.
Stories Of The Dreaming
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/storylist.htm
Listen to Aboriginal people tell dreaming stories online.
Indigenous Australiana: The Adnyanathanha Group
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?lib_id=5581&team_id=C0115620
Created by students, this site explores the culture of the Adnyanathanha group from the South Australian Flinders Ranges.
Lore Of The Land
http://www.loreoftheland.com.au/
Site aims to improve understanding of issues relating to Aboriginal views of the land.
Aboriginal Rock Art
http://www.lonker.net/art_aboriginal_1.htm
Information on Aboriginal Rock Art.
Aboriginal Cultural Life
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Aboriginal+people+and+c
ultural+life
Information on Aboriginal history and relationships with the land.
Journey into Australia\'s Central Desert
http://www.tjulyuru.com/
Tjulyuru Regional Arts Gallery, Warburton, Western Australia collection of
Aboriginal artworks created by the people of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.
The World Upside Down
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/upsidedown/
National Library of Australia presents an eyewitness account of the European settlement of Australia from 1788-1830.
Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association
http://www.warlu.com/home.htm
Representing over 160 Warlpiri and Anmatjerre artists, the art centre specialises in the production of a wide range of acrylic paintings, large
commissions and traditional ground installations.
Desert Dreams
http://www.desertdreams.net.au/
Presents Aboriginal artworks of the Yuelamu Community, Mount Allan Station, which is situated 300kms north-west of Alice Springs on the edge of
the Tanami Desert.
Aboriginal Art Online
http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/index.html
Examples of Aboriginal Art from a range of communities.
Lessons
Aboriginal Dreaming Stories
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/dreaming/stories.html
Unit of work and work samples.
Teacher Reference
Aboriginal Education SA
http://www.aboriginaleducation.sa.edu.au/pages/Educators
Suggestions of ways to include Aboriginal perspectives in particular
learning areas.
The Koori History Website
http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/indexb.html
Created by prominent Aboriginal activist, Gary Foley, this site contains essays about Aboriginal history.
Info Koori
http://www.slnsw.gov.au/infokoori/
Database of articles from the Koori Mail newspaper and information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The House of Aboriginality
http://www.mq.edu.au/house_of_aboriginality/index.htm
Explores copyright and cultural integrity issues in the merchandising of Aboriginal imagery.
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