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The ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain special connections to particular Country/Place (ACHASSK049)

Elaborations
  • explaining that some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have special connections to many Countries/Places (for example, through marriage, birth, residence and chosen or forced movement)
  • discussing how some people are connected to one Country (for example, because it is “mother’s” Country or “father’s” Country)
  • describing the connections of the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with the land, sea, waterways, sky and animals of their Country/Place, and how this influences their views on the use of environmental resources
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Cultural identity,  Sense of place,  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

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Sharing stories: culture

  • TLF-IDM014339

This is a rich resource about the many intertwined aspects of Aboriginal cultures, including law, Country and Dreaming. It consists of an introduction, a teacher guide, three films made by Aboriginal students ('The Ngatji and paddle steamer', 'Bilwal medicine' and 'Thunderman') and two video interviews, one with Jarlmadangah ...

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Sharing stories: community

  • TLF-IDM014340

This is a rich resource about the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' communities and identities. It consists of an introduction; a teacher guide; a film, 'My people, the Karajarri people', made by Wynston Shoveller about the Mowla Bluff massacre in the Kimberley region in 1916; and a video interview ...

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How does your garden grow?

  • TLF-IDM021799

This Stage 2 resource grew from a conversation between young students questioning why they could still buy grapes if they were out of season. This wondering led to a discussion around when we grow certain fruit and vegetables. The original stimulus was extended to cover planting for the seasons and factors that influence ...

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Sharing stories: films by location

  • TLF-IDM014368

This is a map providing links to films about culture, ancestral beings, beliefs and country from eight Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander communities around Australia. The films are 'The story of Girbar' from the Thabu clan; 'Miiku and Tinta' from the Umpila people; 'Moon and the gecko' from the Paakantji people; 'Bunjil ...

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Welcome to Country: iTunes app

  • TLF-IDM021707

This iPhone only app provides introductory information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture of including basic cultural protocols for a wide range of language, tribal or nation groups of Indigenous people in Australia. The app uses the GPS function of the iPhone to approximate the user's geo-location and deliver ...

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Teacher resource

Yolngu sea country: clans and kinship

  • TLF-IDM013125

This is a resource about the kinship system of the Yolngu people of Blue Mud Bay and the Gove peninsula in Arnhem Land. Consisting of an information sheet and an illustration of members of the Marika family, it explains that the principal element of the Yolngu kinship system is membership of a particular clan in either ...

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Farming and the seasons (the farming story) - unit 2

  • TLF-IDM017578

This is a teacher resource that contains items for planning lessons about farming life and the seasons. It contains a simple program outline and supporting documents that can be downloaded or printed for students, including a story map broken into seasons, a table of farm activities and suitable clothes by season, a tree ...

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Farms and people's connections to them

  • TLF-IDM019439

This is a teacher resource containing a sequence of activities for investigating farms and the connections that diverse groups of people have to them. It contains material to assist planning, implementing and assessing a study of different Australian farms, the primary resources that come from farms, and connections that ...

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Yolngu sea country: painting on bark

  • TLF-IDM013127

This is a resource about the importance of painting on bark for the Yolngu people of the coastal region of north-east Arnhem Land. It consists of explanatory text, an illustration, a short video, and related links. The text explains that painting is an expression of the Law for Country, and says where the barks, paints ...

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WeCommemorate

  • TLF-IDM021281

WeCommemorate is a series of challenges for teachers to use with students to commemorate Australia's involvement in the First World War. These project-based challenges have been designed to engage students from Early Stage 1 to Stage 5 in the production of creative multimedia works and to develop 21st century learning skills. ...

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Indigenous science: Australia had ancient trade routes too

  • TLF-IDM013031

This is an article about the ancient overland trade routes of Aboriginal Australia. Written by Kudjala/Kalkadoon Elder from Queensland Letitia Murgha and intended mainly for teachers, it compares Aboriginal trading routes based on Dreaming pathways and songlines throughout Australia to the Silk Road and the spice trade ...

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Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Schools and Early Learning

  • TLF-IDM021285

The Narragunnawali website is a portal of rich content and professional resources for teachers and students in schools and early learning centres that promotes reconcilation between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The website includes curriculum- aligned resources and professional ...

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Yarra Healing: Wathaurong people

  • TLF-IDM013340

This is a video of Trevor Edwards, Chairperson of the Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative in Geelong, speaking about Wathaurong territory and cultural heritage. He describes: his own background as a clan member and custodian of Country; the extent of the Wathaurong people’s territory along the Victorian coastline from the ...

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Big sky sunsets at Windorah, Qld

  • TLF-IDM017433

In this clip the narrator will show you a place that she likes to visit. This place is near Windorah in Queensland. The narrator says that this is 'big sky country'. She likes to sit in the sand dunes and watch the colours around her change as the sun goes down.

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Bob Burruwal and Lena Yarinkura, 'Wyarra family group', 2010

  • TLF-IDM014310

This is a sculpture by Rembarrnga artist Bob Burruwal (b1952) and Rembarrnga/Kune artist Lena Yarinkura (b1948) depicting spirit figures - male and female, young and old - standing near their camp dog. The sculpture is shown as an enlargeable image. This work was exhibited as a part of the second National Indigenous Art ...

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Yarra Healing: Yarra Dreaming

  • TLF-IDM013341

This is a video (2:42 min) of a retelling of a Dreaming story about the creation of the Yarra River in Victoria. The story is told by Bryon Powel, the former Site Protection Officer with the Kulin Nation Cultural Heritage Organisation, to an audience of adults and several children who are seen in the opening and closing ...

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Teacher resource

Koorie Cross-Curricular Protocols for Victorian Government Schools

  • TLF-IDM019898

The Koorie Cross-Curricular Protocols for Victorian Government Schools are applicable to schools intending to develop activities that involve the use of Koorie cultural expressions, including stories, songs, instrumental music, dances, plays, ceremonies, rituals, performances, symbols, drawings, designs, paintings, poetry, ...

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