Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Articles, pictures, worksheets, quizzes and much more on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Aboriginal people of Australia have long called upon the government to apologise for hardships that settlement has caused to indigenous people.

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

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?

Eddie Koiki Mabo (second from left) campaigned in the Australian courts to achieve legal recognition of Indigenous land rights in Australia
In 1982, Mabo and four other Torres Strait Islander people began a legal battle to establish recognition of their traditional ownership of land on Mer Island in northern Queensland, Australia. The landmark case was won in 1992.
Jim McEwan, Courtesy of Yarra Bank Films/National Museum of Australia

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