Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples

ARTICLES
• Aboriginal peoples of Australia
• Aboriginal peoples of Tasmania
• Aboriginal languages
• Aboriginal flag
• Aboriginal Tent Embassy
• Arnhem Land
• Boomerang
• Bora ground
• Budj Bim
• Bull roarer
• Bunya ceremony
• Bunyip
• Corroboree
• Didgeridoo
• Dreamtime
• Harmony Day
• Indigenous peoples of Australia
• Lake Mungo archaeological site
• Myall Creek massacre
• Mabo Decision
• NAIDOC Week
• National Sorry Day
• Noongar
• Nulla nulla
• Pinjarra massacre
• Pointing the bone
• Stolen Generation
• Torres Strait Islanders
• Ubar
• Uluru
• Wave Hill Walk-Off

IMPORTANT PEOPLE
• Arabanoo
• Josh Addo-Carr
• Bronwyn Bancroft
• Neville Bonner
• Ernie Bridge
• Ernie Dingo
• Mick Dodson
• Buddy Franklin
• Cathy Freeman
• Doris Pilkington Garimara
• Kevin Gilbert
• Adam Goodes
• Evonne Goolagong
• Jimmy Governor
• Jandamarra
• Emily Kngwarreye
• William Lanne
• Vincent Lingiari
• Eddie Mabo
• Jessica Mauboy
• Patty Mills
• Latrell Mitchell
• Albert Namatjira
• Sir Douglas Nicholls
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal
• Lowitja O’Donoghue
• Pat O’Shane
• Nova Peris
• Charles Perkins
• Boori Monty Pryor
• Archie Roach
• Fanny Cochrane Smith
• Shirley Smith
• Truganini
• Robert Tudawali
• David Unaipon
• Margaret Valadian
• Eric Willmot
• Ken Wyatt
• Wylie
• Galarrwuy Yunupingu
• Mandawuy Yunupingu

PICTURES
• Aboriginal bark painting
• Aboriginal ceremony
• Aboriginal flag
• Aboriginal painting
• Aboriginal man with boomerang
• Brewarrina fish traps
• Boomerangs
• Bush tucker
• Health care programs
• Reconciliation Week
• Stolen Generation
• Sydney Opera House lights
• Uluru
• Walk for Reconciliation
• Yirrkala bark petitions
• Yothu Yindi

SOUND
• Didgeridoo

VIDEO
• Apology to Indigenous Australians
• When did the first aboriginal people arrive in Australia?

MAPS
• Arnhem Land

eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• Aboriginal Peoples of Australia
• Myths and Legends
• True or False? Weird Food
• Carved by Time

WORKSHEETS
• National Sorry Day
• NAIDOC Week

eBOOK WORKSHEETS
• Aboriginal Peoples of Australia

CURRICULUM STANDARDS
Australian Curriculum v9 – Social Studies
Year/Grade: Year 3
Strand: Knowledge and understanding
Sub-strand: Geography
Content description: AC9HS3K04
The ways First Nations Australians in different parts of Australia are interconnected with Country/Place

Year/Grade: Year 4
Strand: Knowledge and understanding
Sub-strand: History
Content description AC9HS4K04.
The effects of contact with other people on First Nations Australians and their Countries/Places following the arrival of the First Fleet and how this was viewed by First Nations Australians as an invasion

ARTICLES
• Aboriginal people of Australia
• Aboriginal Tent Embassy
• Indigenous people of Australia
• Torres Strait Islanders
• Aboriginal people of Tasmania
• Stolen Generation
• Myall Creek Massacre
• Pinjarra massacre
• Eddie Mabo
• Mabo Decision
• Charles Perkins
• Galarrwuy Yunupingu
• Lowitja O’Donoghue
• NAIDOC Week
• National Reconciliation Week
• National Sorry Day
• Noongar (Aboriginal group)
• Wave Hill Walk Off
• Galarrwuy Yunupingu

MAPS
• Aboriginal migration routes & archaeological sites
• Aboriginal language groups

RESEARCH GUIDES
• Aboriginal peoples of Australia
• Stolen Generation

PICTURES
• Aboriginal protests
• Stolen Generation
• Eddie Mabo
• Reconciliation Week
• Yirrkala bark petitions

VIDEO
• Apology to Indigenous Australians

BEHIND THE HEADLINES
• Australia’s Ancient Tracks

WORKSHEETS
• Aboriginal Peoples of Australia
• NAIDOC Week
• National Sorry Day
• Torres Strait Islanders

QUESTIONS
1. What were the Stolen Generations?
2. Why was the Mabo v. Queensland ruling important for the Aboriginal people?

ARTICLES
• Eddie Mabo
• Aboriginal Land Rights
• Constitution of Australia
• National Reconciliation Week
• Wave Hill Walk-Off

eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• Aboriginal Rights Movement

PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS
• Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992)
• Kartinyeri v Commonwealth (Hindmarsh Island Bridge Case) (1998)
• Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996)

WEBSITES
• The Australian Constitution