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Australian Aborigines existed in almost total isolation for at least 60,000 years. They had no written history so only fragments of Dreamtime stories, cave paintings and etchings ramain to record their remarkable past. Only in the last few decades has a systemic investigation revealed the rich and complex culture that they possessed 
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Australia has one of the most outstanding and diverse rock art records in the world. Rock art consists of paintings, drawings, stencils, engravings, bas-relief and figures made with the wax of native bees. The Google Art Project is an initiative to provide thousands of high quality, high resolution images from museums across the globe in one place, making art’s history, meaning and beauty available in ways never possible before.
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Rare glimpses of life during the Koori struggle for justice 1938 - 1999
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Awaye! presents six Aboriginal dreaming stories. These stories are told to children to teach them about their ancestors, the spirit world and their place in that world. These six stories from Northern Australia tell of creatures such as mermaids, devil-devils, whistle ducks and blue-tongue lizards. Each story is both sung in a song cycle and spoken by traditional storytellers and in some stories associated song cycles are shared. Listen to the stories in the audio versions and see photos of the communities and the children’s illustrations in the on-line features.
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The resource has been developed so that the voice and rich diversity of the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and their intimate connection to culture and country is incorporated into the curriculum with rich and meaningful activities and resources. A number of city based providers of education resources have joined together to provide a directory of activities and resources that will support teachers in implementing the cross curriculum priority of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspective in the Australian Curriculum.
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Sharing Culture Online is an innovative new teaching and learning system that gives all students, regardless of their ethnic background or age, the opportunity to learn about and engage in the rich diversity of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island cultures.
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Canberra historian Bill Gammage's debunking of terra nullius, The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia, has won the $80000 Prime Minister's Literary...
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This beautiful website explores the concept of 'country' for indigenous Australians. Via Catherine Smyth
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Mandy explains the six seasons of the Top End of Australia. Whilst most people seperate tropical Australia seasons to the Wet and the Dry Season, the Bininj ... Via Catherine Smyth
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Ancient Stories, New Voices.Dust Echoes is a series of twelve animated dreamtime stories from Central Arnhem Land in Northern Australia... Via Catherine Smyth
Himali Ranaweera's curator insight,
August 5, 2014 10:14 PM
Invaluable resource in exploring the concepts in Dreaming stories.
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Because Indigenous knowledge matters... classroom resources representing Aboriginal language groups in your local area.
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A unit of work for students in the Primary Years to develop understandings about Aboriginal culture as seen through Dreaming Stories. Learning activities are based on De Bono's Six Thinking Hats. Includes links to related sites.
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The object of this paper is to bring a holistic perspective to the implications of ICT for Aboriginal ways of living, thinking and knowing. Is ICT the potent enabler for the promotion, renewal and enrichment of Aboriginal cultures as many claim? For example does ICT offer new possibilities for the preservation and teaching of Aboriginal languages?
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Ethnos Project - a research blog & information resource: culture & development | digital humanities | Indigenous knowledge | This research project investigates the digital collections from selected heritage organisations, exploring how and if the rights of Indigenous peoples are being protected by policy and protocol documents on the Web.
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The following units have been designed to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into integrated units of work that are traditionally taught in Primary schools.
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The Australian Human Rights Commission has developed several resources to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to understanding and protect their rights. Via Catherine Smyth
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The Little Red Yellow Black website provides further information about each theme, as well as free downloads of print and audiovisual materials and other links and resources.An introduction to Indigenous Australia was developed by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). The information within this invaluable guide to Indigenous history and contemporary culture has been reviewed by a range of leading research and teaching academics.
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This book covers significant political moments in history such as the 1967 referendum, Paul Keating's Redfern speech and the Mabo verdict, along with the history of activism, land rights and reconciliation. As a professor of law at the University of Technology in Sydney with a master of laws from Harvard, Larissa Behrendt (above) was well aware that much of the available literature on complex indigenous issues was not easily digestible for the Australian general public "Indigenous Australia for Dummies" is published by Wiley ($39.95).
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Years 5–12 Australian history, Indigenous culture & history, English, media. In this unit of work, students look at the Resistance exhibit in the First Australians gallery at the National Museum of Australia. The exhibit explores four case studies dealing with different ways Aboriginal people have reacted to the British colonisation of Australia
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This site explores the importance of Language in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. There were about 250 different Language groups in Australia but only half of these are still spoken. Via Catherine Smyth
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This documentary series traces the history of Australia from 1788 in seven episodes. It was produced in consultation with Aboriginal communities. Primary teachers could use video extracts when teaching about British colonisation or build their own professional knowledge about the topic. Via Catherine Smyth
Irini Kassidis's curator insight,
November 2, 2013 10:34 PM
An excellent resource for educators to use in their lesson planning. 
Geoffrey King's curator insight,
April 11, 2014 9:58 PM
A great resource to explain the origins of English culture and language of Australia.
Claire Reinthal's curator insight,
April 20, 2015 5:42 AM
Description of what is on this site:
Directed and produced by Rachel Perkins, an Arrernte woman from Central Australia, First Australians, specifically Episode 1, excellently 'explains changes in the community and family life' experienced by the Aboriginal peoples at the time of the arrival of the First Fleet and beyond. This episode 'evaluates the effects of these' changes 'on individuals' such as Bennelong. The information at http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/education/bennelong/bennelong_extracts.pdf could prove a useful follow-up resource. This is one of the resources selected using selection criteria such as whether the creator of the work is Aboriginal.
The effects of these changes on groups of Aboriginal people are illustrated, such as those experienced by the Aboriginal people of Warang (Sydney). It also enables the audience to evaluate the effects of these changes on 'environments' due to British settlement. Allen Madden from the Gadigal Clan, talking of Captain Philip, explains that "...immediately he orders trees to be chopped down and land to be cleared..." (Perkins, 2008).
A teaching idea:
Children could be asked to write down what stands out to them as they watch the episode, after which time they pair and share and then share their partners response with the class. Teacher can display mind-map of ideas on interactive whiteboard and students can research one of the first Australians mentioned in the episode and present some of the ideas in the mind map in relation to CCS2.2, from the perspective of that first Australian.
An idea for an assessment task:
In order to assess the learning of the students on how well they can fulfill the HSIE outcome CCS2.2, perhaps after giving them a few lessons to research the changes and their impacts, I would ask them to write a speech from the perspective of a particular Aboriginal person or group.
Literacy strategy/links to English KLA:
This could also fulfill some of the outcomes for the English K-6 Syllabus such as EN2-6B in that writing a speech requires students to 'distinguish between different forms of English' as they 'plan and deliver short presentations'.
References:
Hunter, J. (1788). The Taking of Colbee and Bennalong. Retrieved from the State Library of NSW website: http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/education/bennelong/bennelong_extracts.pdf
Perkins, R. (Director and Producer). (2008). First Australians [Motion picture]. Australia: Blackfella Films. |
This tells us all about Aboriginal culture and their tribes.
This is linked to contact history as it talks about the Aborigines and how they livwed here isolated for 60,000 years.
Australian Aborigines existed in almost total isolation for at least 60,000 years. They had no written history so only fragments of Dreamtime stories, cave paintings and etchings ramain to record their remarkable past.