Indigenous Biography

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  1. Making a difference: Yagan
    Learning objects

    L5206 Making a difference: Yagan

    • Published 21/01/2016
    • TLF-ID L5206

    Explore perspectives on Australia’s Indigenous heritage through photos and text about Yagan, a Noongar leader who lived in the Swan River region of Western Australia (c.1795–1833). Trace his story, including his conflicts with settlers and efforts to protect his people. Investigate how the government of the time handled conflicts over land use and food. Compare the experiences of Indigenous peoples and settlers of the area. Look at Yagan's contributions to awareness of Indigenous culture and his life as an outlaw. Describe the causes of conflict and attempts at reconciliation. This learning object is one in a series of ten objects.

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  2. Noongar people and settlers in the Swan River colony
    Collections

    R11299 Noongar people and settlers in the Swan River colony

    • Published 20/01/2016
    • TLF-ID R11299

    This collection of nine digital curriculum resources, including paintings and a learning object, focuses on relations between the Noongar people and settlers in the Swan River colony in two locations - the Swan River itself and the King George Sound area. Paintings show European exploration upriver in 1827 and coexistence between Noongar people and settlers in 1834. A detailed interactive study describes the resistance and ultimate death in 1833 of Yagan, a prominent Noongar leader.

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  3. Resistance

    M016462 Resistance

    • Published 27/08/2009
    • TLF-ID M016462

    This resource is a virtual tour of the Resistance exhibition at The National Museum of Australia showing different responses by Aboriginal people to British colonisation. See videos and enlarged views of objects and texts in the exhibition.

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