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Australian
Aborigines
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.
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".
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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