Articles, pictures, worksheets, quizzes and much more on 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 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
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
• Aboriginal smoking ceremony
• Brewarrina fish traps
• Boomerangs
• Bronwyn Bancroft
• Bush tucker
• Dancer Reconciliation Week
• Emily Kngwarrey
• Health care programs
• NAIDOC dance event
• 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
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
• Vincent Lingiari
• Charles Perkins
• Galarrwuy Yunupingu
• Lowitja O’Donoghue
• NAIDOC Week
• National Reconciliation Week
• National Sorry Day
• Noongar (Aboriginal group)
• Wave Hill Walk Off
• Galarrwuy Yunupingu
• William Barak
MAPS
• Aboriginal migration routes & archaeological sites
• Aboriginal language groups
RESEARCH GUIDES
• Aboriginal peoples of Australia
• Stolen Generation
PICTURES
• 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
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
