The I Files - Indigenous Australia

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Durack State School Resource Centre (Internet Branch)

Indigenous Australia

Resources for Learning - Years 4-7

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	Indigenous Australia
	A Chronology of Aboriginal and Islander History
	How do I find...? - Common questions (and answers) about Indigenous Australia
	Lore of the Land
	Koori Mail - latest news, published fortnightly
	Brisbites : indigenous history - about suburban areas of Brisbane
	Turrbal people - the Turrbal people inhabited Meanjin (now Brisbane) and surrounding areas
	Yerongpan clan of Oxley Creek who spoke the Yaggera dialect of the Turrbal language
	Wollumbin Dreaming - Bundjalung peoples site about their heritage and especially Wollumbin (Mt Warning)
	Minjungbal Aboriginal Cultural Centre - more about the Bundjalung people and Wollumbin
	The Legend of the Glasshouse Mountains - For the Gubbi Gubbi people, these mountains were Tibrogargan and Beerwah and their children
	Minnie Mace : Minnie Mace tells of the importance of the Glasshouse Mountains to aboriginal culture and explains the use of Aboriginal astronomy in the area. Story can be heard in a Flash download (1 MB)
	Southern Stars : Aboriginal Astronomy -This web site gives the history behind indigenous and non-indigenous astronomy, as well as Aboriginal stories surrounding some of the constellations. This site also includes a good explanation of what The Dreaming is for Aboriginal people.
	Yindjibarndi Culture : from Roebourne School, WA.
	Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park - Cairns Australia
	Dreamtime stories - in the Kullilla Dreamtime Art site. The images are artist Michael Connelly's interpretations of the stories.
	Stories of the Dreaming - must have RealPlayer to hear these stories
	Australian Aboriginal Writers
	Famous Aborigines - brief information compiled by Victorian primary school students on some famous people
	Famous Aboriginals & Torres Strait Islanders
	How Boomerangs Work
	Stories from Napranum and Thursday Island - Oral histories from two Indigenous communities illustrate traditional craft practices. Videos require Quicktime.
	Aboriginal Flag
	Torres Strait Islander Flag

	Burrara Gathering
	Dust Echoes - this site is built around stories from the Wugularr Community from the Northern Territory and the Warmun Community from Western Australia. Also has games and downloads for students.
	Werde! Welcome to UsMob - a 7-part 'choose your own adventure' series set in the central desert of Australia!
	Speaking Land : virtual tour of the South Australian Museum's Australian Aborigines Cultures Gallery
	Vibe school - the web pages of the magazine you can read in our Durack's school library
	Message Club - Just for Fun - the kid's activity centre on the ABC's Message Stick site. Quizzes, games, e-cards, art.
	Indig.com - a site promoting music of indigenous cultures round the world. Look in "Cool Stuff" for videos of a corroboree, a virtual didgeridoo and create the soundtrack for a virtual corroboree
	Yothu Yindi - Home site of the highly successful band. Listen to the music, find out about the songs
	Indigenous traditional games - Learn how to play the games and teach your friends
	STARS - Students that Action Reconciliation Seriously
	A Gift of Presence - State Library of Queensland Online Exhibition
	MAP of the major tribal/language groups in Aboriginal Australia. Click on individual sections to zoom in on that area.
	Bringing Them Home - Student and teacher guides to the 1997 report on the separation of ATSI children from their families

Culcha Disc - Intranet. Accessible only on School LAN

Moorditj - Use Programs on your school workstation

See also other I-Files. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources are denoted by the flag icon

Resources for Teaching

	Indigenous Education - Education Queensland's new (May 27, 2007)website is a guide for schools, students and communities and includes the strategies, resources, projects and initiatives currently operating across the Department that focuses on the improving outcomes for Indigenous students in Queensland state schools.
	Crossing Cultures Powerpoint Presentations - for Qld Schools Professional development
	Indigenous perspectives support materials [Qld Studies Authority] Essential reading for teachers
	ATSI Learning and Engagement Centres Home Page - The libraries, located in Inala, Brisbane, and Mundingburra, Townsville, provide library and information services which meet the needs of Education Queensland officers in support of the Department's goals for continuous improvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education. Access Online cataogue and other databases from this page.
	Australian Government. DEST indigenous Education
	Dare To Lead
	What Works
	APAC Teaching in an Aboriginal context - WA Education Department "Teaching Aboriginal Students" resources. PArt of Aboriginal Perspectives across the Curriculum
	Dandiiri Maiwar is a vibrant and living Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures Centre at Queensland Museum South Bank showcasing Queensland’s Indigenous people.
	Reconciliation - It's Everybody's Business - Qld Govt site
	NetLinks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (State Library of Queensland)
	The Lost Seasons - Aboriginal weather lore useful for alternative views when discussing weather
	Aboriginal Australia - Aussie Educator site's comprehensive links
	Communicating across cultures - Qld Government advice on protocols

	CDU Library - Libraries and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Protocols
	Deadly Maths - This site presents the outcomes of a 2006 ASSISTM research and professional development (PD) project in Townsville to enhance the mathematics performance of Indigenous students.

EQ Centres of Excellence for Indigenous Education

	Badu Island SS
	Cairns West State School
	Cherbourg State School
	Cunnamulla State School
	Durack State School - You are already here!
	Mitchell State School
	Redcliffe State High School
	Spinifex College, Mount Isa
	Thursday Island State High School
	Western Cape College
	Yarrabah State School

	Aboriginal Perspectives Through Integrated Units NSW Board of Studies K-6 curriculum linkages project. Includes exemplary currriculum units
	Croc Dreaming - Art activity
	Bush tucker - Wet Tropics Australia Fact Sheet.(.pdf)
	Indigenous Olympic Representatives, Athens 2004 - Sports Commission .pdf
	Indigenous Olympic Medallists Sports Commission .pdf
	Other Indigenous Olympians - Sports Commission .pdf
	Indigenous Paralympians - Sports Commission .pdf
	Web Archive Copy: Indigenous traditional games access downloads of booklets for adults and children
	Aboriginal Games and Pastimes (pdf 169k) - Some early Australian games to play and toys to make.
	Dot Paintings - a lesson plan
	Aboriginal Nations Gallery - Storyboards and scripts for the the animated Dreaming stories CDs are continually being added to this site
	ABC Dust Echoes - Lesson Plans
	Aboriginal Dreaming Stories - Unit plan for Sth Australian Year 2/3 employing Six Thinking Hats strategies.
	Australians At Work - Indigenous Work – Study Modules - the pages include video clips and downloads of Aboriginal people talking about the work they do.

Other interesting schools

	Bwgcolman Community School
	Point Pearce Aboriginal School

Updated May 2007