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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
• Bush Tucker
• Corroboree
• Deep Time
• Didgeridoo
• Dreamtime
• Emu in the Sky
• Harmony Week
• 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
• Welcome to Country
• Witchetty grub
IMPORTANT PEOPLE
• Arabanoo
• Josh Addo-Carr
• Bronwyn Bancroft
• Faith Bandler
• Ash Barty
• Neville Bonner
• Ernie Bridge
• Linda Burney
• William Cooper
• Ernie Dingo
• Mick Dodson
• Pat Dodson
• Buddy Franklin
• Cathy Freeman
• Doris Pilkington Garimara
• Pearl Gibbs
• 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
• Pemulwuy
• Nova Peris
• Charles Perkins
• Boori Monty Pryor
• Archie Roach
• Fanny Cochrane Smith
• Shirley Smith
• Truganini
• Robert Tudawali
• David Unaipon
• Margaret Valadian
• Eric Willmot
• Nicky Winmar
• Ken Wyatt
• Wylie
• Galarrwuy Yunupingu
• Mandawuy Yunupingu
PICTURES
• Aboriginal bark painting
• Aboriginal ceremony
• Aboriginal initiation ceremony
• Aboriginal flag
• Aboriginal painting
• Aboriginal man with boomerang
• Aboriginal smoking ceremony
• Brewarrina fish traps
• Boomerangs
• Bora ceremony
• Bronwyn Bancroft
• Bush tucker
• Dancer Reconciliation Week
• Emily Kngwarrey
• Emu in the Sky
• Health care programs
• NAIDOC dance event
• Nulla Nulla
• Point the bone
• Reconciliation Week
• Smoking ceremony
• Stolen Generation
• Sydney Opera House lights
• Uluru
• Walk for Reconciliation
• Witchetty grub
• Yirrkala bark petitions
• Yothu Yindi
SOUND
• Didgeridoo
VIDEO
• Aboriginal language
• Apology to Indigenous Australians
• Bush Tucker (Student)
MAPS
• Aboriginal Languages
• Arnhem Land
eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• Aboriginal Peoples of Australia
• Aboriginal Rights Movement
• Myths and Legends
• True or False? Weird Food
• Carved by Time
WORKSHEETS
• Aboriginal Peoples of Australia
• 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 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
• Bush Tucker
• Corroboree
• Deep Time
• Didgeridoo
• Dreamtime
• Emu in the Sky
• First Nations
• Harmony Week
• Indigenous peoples of Australia
• Kata Tjuta
• Kakadu National Park
• Kangaroo apple (solanum)
• Lake Mungo archaeological site
• Myall Creek massacre
• Mabo Decision
• Manna gum
• NAIDOC Week
• National Reconciliation Week
• National Sorry Day
• Noongar
• Nulla nulla
• Pinjarra massacre
• Pitjantjatjara
• Pointing the bone
• Quandong
• Stolen Generation
• Torres Strait Islanders
• Torres Strait Islander flag
• Ubar
• Uluru
• Warratgi
• Wave Hill Walk-Off
• Welcome to Country
• Witchetty grub
• Yowie
BIOGRAPHIES
• Arabanoo
• Josh Addo-Carr
• Bronwyn Bancroft
• Faith Bandler
• Ash Barty
• Daisy Bates
• Harold Blair
• Neville Bonner
• Ernie Bridge
• Bungaree
• Linda Burney
• William Cooper
• Ernie Dingo
• Mick Dodson
• Pat Dodson
• Buddy Franklin
• Cathy Freeman
• Doris Pilkington Garimara
• Pearl Gibbs
• Kevin Gilbert
• Adam Goodes
• Evonne Goolagong
• Jimmy Governor
• David Gulpilil
• Jandamarra
• Emily Kngwarreye
• William Lanne
• Vincent Lingiari
• Douglas Lockwood
• Eddie Mabo
• Jessica Mauboy
• Patty Mills
• Latrell Mitchell
• Albert Namatjira
• Sir Douglas Nicholls
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal
• Lowitja O’Donoghue
• Pat O’Shane
• Pemulwuy
• Nova Peris
• Charles Perkins
• Petrie
• Boori Monty Pryor
• Archie Roach
• George Augustus Robinson
• Fanny Cochrane Smith
• Shirley Smith
• Truganini
• Robert Tudawali
• David Unaipon
• Margaret Valadian
• Cooper Williams
• Windradyne
• Eric Willmot
• Nicky Winmar
• Judith Wright
• Ken Wyatt
• Wylie
• Galarrwuy Yunupingu
• Mandawuy Yunupingu
CURRICULUM STANDARDS
Australian Curriculum v9 – Social Studies
Year/Grade: Year 5
Strand: Knowledge and Understanding
Sub-strand: History
Content description: AC9HS5K02
The impact of the development of British colonies in Australia on the lives of First Nations Australians, the colonists and convicts, and on the natural environment.
Sub-strand: Geography
Content description: AC9HS5K04
The influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place.
CURRICULUM STANDARDS
Australian Curriculum v9 – Social Studies
Year/Grade: Year 6
Strand: Knowledge and Understanding
Sub-strand: History
Content description: AC9HS6K02
Changes in Australia’s political system and to Australian citizenship after Federation and throughout the 20th century that impacted on First Nations Australians, migrants, women and children
IMAGES
• Aboriginal bark painting
• Aboriginal bull roarer
• Aboriginal painting on bark
• Aboriginal ceremony
• Aboriginal initiation ceremony
• Aboriginal flag
• Aboriginal flag Adelaide Parliament House
• Aboriginal flag Sydney Harbour Bridge
• Aboriginal painting
• Aboriginal man with boomerang
• Aboriginal protest
• Aboriginal rock art Flinders Rangers
• Aboriginal rock art Kakadu
• Aboriginal smoking ceremony
• Brewarrina fish traps
• Boomerangs
• Bora ceremony
• Bora initiation
• Bunya pine cone
• Bunyip
• Bush tucker
• Coolamon
• Dancer Reconciliation Week
• Emu in the Sky
• Emu in the Sky – Coalsack Nebula
• Health care programs
• Kata Tjuta
• Mabo Decision
• Mungo III burial
• Mungo National Park
• Myall Creek Massacre Memorial
• Myall Creek Massacre
• NAIDOC dance event
• Nulla Nulla
• Pinjarra Massacre memorial
• Pointing the bone
• Reconciliation Week
• Reconciliation walk Sydney Harbour Bridge
• School for Aboriginal children
• Smoking ceremony
• Stolen Generation
• Stolen Generation Bring Them Home
• Sydney Opera House lights
• Torres Strait Islander flag
• Uluru aerial view
• Uluru
• Wave Hill Walk-Off
• Welcome to Country
• Witchetty grub
• Yirrkala bark petitions
• Yothu Yindi
IMAGES: BIOGRAPHIES
• Bronwyn Bancroft
• Bronwyn Bancroft art
• Faith Bandler
• Ash Barty
• Bennelong
• Harold Blair
• Neville Bonner
• Bungaree
• Mick Dodson
• Pat Dodson
• Buddy Franklin
• Cathy Freeman
• Pearl Gibbs
• Evonne Goolagong Cawley 1970s
• Evonne Goolagong Cawley 1980
• Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2024
• Adam Goodes
• David Gulpilil
• Emily Kngwarrey
• Emily Kngwarrey painting
• Vincent Lingiari
• Eddy Mabo
• Eddy Mabo postage stamp
• Jessica Mauboy
• Patty Mills
• Latrell Mitchell
• Albert Namatjira
• Dorothy Napangardi
• Sir Douglas Nicholls
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal
• Lowitja O’Donoghue
• Pemulwuy
• Nova Peris
• Charles Perkins
• Archie Roach
• Fanny Cochrane Smith
• Shirley Smith
• Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
• David Unaipon
• Nicky Winmar
• Windradyne
• Galarrwuy Yunupingu
• Mandawuy Yunupingu
SOUND
• Didgeridoo
VIDEO
• Aboriginal language
• Apology to Indigenous Australians
• Bush Tucker
• Stolen generation activist
MAPS
• Aboriginal archaeological sites
• Aboriginal Languages
• Arnhem Land
• Ice age Australia
• Myall Creek 1838
eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• Aboriginal Peoples of Australia
• Aboriginal Rights Movement
• Myths and Legends
• True or False? Weird Food
• Carved by Time
WORKSHEETS
• Aboriginal Peoples of Australia
• Aboriginal Rock Art activity
• Torres Strait Islanders
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal
eBOOK WORKSHEETS
• Aboriginal Peoples of Australia
CURRICULUM STANDARDS
Australian Curriculum v9 – Social Studies
Year/Grade: Year 7
Strand: Knowledge and Understanding
Sub-strand: Deep time history of Australia
Content description: AC9HH7K03
How First Nations Australians are the world’s oldest continuing cultures, displaying evidence of both continuity and change over deep time.
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
• Mabo Decision
• NAIDOC Week
• National Reconciliation Week
• National Sorry Day
• Noongar (Aboriginal group)
• Wave Hill Walk Off
BIOGRAPHIES
• Faith Bandler
• William Barak
• Harold Blair
• Linda Burney
• William Cooper
• Mick Dodson
• Pat Dodson
• Pearl Gibbs
• Kevin Gilbert
• Adam Goodes
• David Gulpilil
• Vincent Lingiari
• Eddie Mabo
• Douglas Nicholls
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal
• Lowitja O’Donoghue
• Pemulwuy
• Charles Perkins
• Archie Roach
• Shirley Smith
• Judith Wright
• Galarrwuy Yunupingu
• Mandawuy Yunupingu
MAPS
• Aboriginal migration routes & archaeological sites
• Aboriginal language groups
RESEARCH GUIDES
• Aboriginal peoples of Australia
• Stolen Generation
PICTURES
• 1965 Freedom Ride
• Aboriginal protests
• Myall Creek Massacre
• Stolen Generation
• Eddie Mabo
• NAIDOC Week event
• Dancer Reconciliation Week
• Reconciliation Week
• Windradyne
• Yirrkala bark petitions
• Bennelong
• Fanny Cochrane Smith
• Galarrwuy Yunupingu and Anthony Albanese
VIDEO
• Apology to Indigenous Australians
• Stolen Generation
WORKSHEETS
• Aboriginal Peoples of Australia
• NAIDOC Week
• National Sorry Day
• Torres Strait Islanders
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal
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