TheHistory of Australiarefers to the history of the area and people of theCommonwealth of Australiaand its precedingIndigenousand colonial societies. Aboriginal Australians are believed to have first arrived on
'A fine beginning for those intent on understanding the colonial past that shaped black and white Australia.'- Richard Broome, author of Aboriginal Australians Terrible Hard Biscuits introduces the main themes in the history of Aboriginal Australia: the complexity of Aboriginal-European relations since...
reconciliation is borne differentially by Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples; it is seen by the latter as an apparently 'happy object' in Sara Ahmed's sense, but as an 'unhappy object' for many Aboriginal Australians, who have argued that it requires first a process of makarrata , or ...
In May 1980, a symposium was held during the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial Meeting to discuss the Bicentennial History 1788-1988 project in relation to its Aboriginal component. A report on the same is presented.John Mulvaney...
It was held back for some two years until after a meeting of all the administrators of Aboriginal affairs in Australia in mid 1937. It was only when this meeting failed to deliver any outcomes that the petition was finally submitted to the Australian government. However, it fell largely on ...
Gather around the fire and listen to the Aboriginal stories of creation, called the Dreamtime, as they are enacted through dance and ceremony. Can you hear the deep sound of the didgeridoo, a type of wind instrument? Its sound can carry for miles! TheAborigines, or native people of Austral...
are in Year 3, so about 8- or 9-years-old. I've used these books with quite a few Year 3 classes and they've really enjoyed them. Most of them incorporate - or focus on - Aboriginal perspectives and so, if you're a teacher, they'll help you meet this cross-curriculum priority....
of Aboriginal identity on the part of the Government.Their average standard of living and life expectancy, however, are not comparable with that of most Australians.In 1999 the Australian Government issued an official expression of regret for past mistreatment of Aborigines but, concerned that it ...
Illustrations by J. Morrison, from Bill Phillips: ‘The little Australians we’d all hate to lose’ John Price was the first European to record Koalas. He described them in his account of a journey into the Blue Mountains near Sydney in 1798. The Koala was given its scientific name, phasc...
A 17-slide teaching presentation that explores the challenges, hardships and glory of a life spent digging on the Australian goldfields. PowerPoint PDF Year 5 Plus Plan Impacts of Colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Posters Posters highlighting the main impacts of colon...