Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Histories and Cultures

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures priority provides opportunities for all students to deepen their knowledge of Australia by engaging with the world’s oldest continuous living cultures. Through the Australian Curriculum, students will understand that contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are strong, resilient, rich and diverse.( Australian Curriculum)

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CULTURE

A New Perspective on Aboriginal Culture: Dark Emu. Black Seeds: Agriculture or accident? by Bruce Pascoe. 2014. Magabala Books

The back cover of this book states: Bruce Pascoe puts forward a compelling argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer label for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. The evidence insists that Aboriginal people right across the continent were using domestic plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating and storing - behaviours inconsistent with the hunter-gatherer tag.
https://www.magabala.com/culture-and-history/dark-emu.html
VIRTUAL SONGLINES: HTTP://VIRTUALSONGLINES.COM.AU/
Traditional Indigenous Games: http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/resources/schools_and_juniors/playing_for_life/resource_kit/indigenous_games2
Marrin Gamu - First Languages Australia: http://marringamu.com.au/cross-curricular-programs/
Yugambeh Museum - The Yugambeh Museum Language & Heritage Research Centre is dedicated to the recording and promotion of Aboriginal Language and Culture in South East Queensland. http://www.yugambeh.com/services.php
Education Dreaming Foundation: 'Education Dreaming Foundation (EDF) is a non-Profit, For Purpose, Social Enterprise set up to share and educate to the world (using positive and innovative methodologies) and revive for our own people, the incredible and precious ancient culture and knowledge of this country’s Ancient Australians.'
http://www.crackerjackeducation.com.au/about-us/
The Conversation - Indigenous: An online journal which is a collaboration between editors and academics to provide informed news analysis and commentary that’s free to read and republish. https://theconversation.com/au/topics/indigenous
Global Learning Centre ATSI Histories and Cultures: Resources to support the Cross-Curriculum Priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures in the Australian Curriculum from the GLOBAL LEARNING CENTRE. https://www.pinterest.com/gcentre/global-learning-centre-atsi-histories-and-cultures/
Global Learning Centre Library - Indigenous Links: https://www.diigo.com/user/globallearning/indigenous
Wavehill IndigenousProtest 23rd August 1966: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/on-this-day/2013/08/on-this-day-wave-hill-indigenous-protest
Naidoc Week: http://www.naidoc.org.au/about
Indigenous Resource and Activities for Children: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/202952/ATSI_Resources_-_Childrens_Activity_Booklet_by_Tania_Schafer_2.pdf
ABC Indigenous: http://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/?WT.tsrc=Email&WT.mc_id=Innovation_Innovation-Splash|Primary_email|20150708
The Little Yellow Red Black Book: http://lryb.aiatsis.gov.au/further-reading.html
Cutural Identity - Sharing Our Stories - Unit of Work Incorporates PDHPE, English and Music. The unit provides opportunity for students to explore cultural identity from and Aboriginal perspective and gain an understanding of their own culture and the culture of others. ( NSW Dept of Education and Communities)
First Langauges Map: http://www.firstlanguages.org.au/.