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the importance of Country/Place to First Nations Australians and the Country/Place on which the school is located (AC9HSFK04)

Elaborations
  • identifying how and why the words “Country/Place” are used by First Nations Australians for the places they belong to
  • identifying and using the name of the local First Nations Australians’ language group or groups
  • listening and responding to invited members of the Traditional Owner group talking about Country/Place, and places of cultural and historical significance to the First Nations Australian community in the local neighbourhood, suburb, town or rural area
  • identifying local places of significance for First Nations Australians in the local area
General capabilities
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural Understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,  Sense of place,  Country (First Nations Australians)

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Where's my dog?: Teacher guide

  • TLF-IDA010200
  • Learning areasEnglish; Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels F; 1
  • Updated22/06/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This guide supports teachers as they explore the language and themes of Yaltji Ngayuku Papa? (Where’s My Dog?) book written in English and the Pitjantjatjara language. Lessons focus on connecting to Country through the senses, learning about the Tjuntjuntjara community, and creating a class version of the text. The PDF ...

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Welcome to our Country: teacher resource

  • TLF-IDA010196
  • Learning areasEnglish; Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels F; 1; 2; 3
  • Updated17/06/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This set of resources supports the Welcome to Our Country series written by Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing. The 5-book series is designed to connect young children, teachers, parents and carers with First Nations history and cultures. Each teacher resource includes prompts for engaging with the selected text, suggested activities ...

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What is Country

  • TLF-IDA010080
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; English; Mathematics
  • Year levels F; 1; 2
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This module sets the scene for Foundation students to explore the Country on which their school stands and to begin forming a respectful connection to place. It introduces students to the idea that Country is alive, interconnected, and deeply respected, and invites students to explore how Country can be experienced as Land ...

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Sharing Noongar Knowledge

  • TLF-IDA008582
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; Geography; Science
  • Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource has been designed for teachers and students in the Northern Agricultural Region (NAR) of Western Australia. The resource aims to highlight the unique connection that Aboriginal people have to Country; to impart traditional ecological knowledge; to show Aboriginal people care for Country; and to highlight changes ...

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This Place: Heaven on earth, where the Biliar people go to speak with their creator and ancestors

  • TLF-IDA008341
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels F; 3; 4
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

In this two-minute video, Wilman Noongar man Philip John Ugle explains the importance of Minningup — the resting place of their creator the Ngangungudditj wagyl (the hairy-faced snake). Mr Ugle explains that Minningup is where his people have met for tens of thousands of years and the importance of continuing traditions. ...

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NAIDOC Week 2025: The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy

  • TLF-IDA008155
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; Geography 7-10; English; Civics and Citizenship
  • Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

NAIDOC Week 2025 marks a powerful milestone: 50 years of NAIDOC Week, honouring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture and resilience. The theme celebrates the achievements of the past and the future ahead highlighting the strength of Indigenous young leaders, the vision of Indigenous communities, and the legacy of their ...

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Civic engagement with Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson

  • TLF-IDA005568
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource is a matrix of activities designed to support students in building connections to local Country and considering how they can be more inclusive of others in their communities. Teachers can also access teacher professional development and literature resources connected to the themes of the text 'Country' by ...

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First Nations Booklist

  • TLF-IDA005565
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; Health and physical education
  • Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This is a curated list of picture books created by First Nations authors and illustrators. Teachers can draw on the resources to build students' understanding of First Nations perspectives and Australian history. Each entry includes the title, author, and a brief statement of the book’s themes and focus.

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Little Yarns

  • TLF-IDA004507
  • Learning areasEnglish; Humanities and Social Sciences; Languages; Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages
  • Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource is a series of co-listening podcasts about the diverse languages, stories and Countries of Indigenous Australia. Each episode introduces students to a key concept such as water in Yorta Yorta and crows in Wiradjuri and shares yarns about Country. The podcasts also include prompts for engaging with the resource.

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Benny Bungarra’s Big Bush Clean-up: Unit of work

  • TLF-IDA004164
  • Learning areasEnglish; Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels F
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This unit of work has been written to support the story Benny Bungarra’s Big Bush Clean-up. This book is an environmental tale that shows how animals are affected by rubbish left in their habitat by humans. Themes include First Nations texts, friendship, teamwork and the environment. This unit provides practical teaching ...

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Spoken: Foundations of First Nations Languages

  • TLF-IDA009869
  • Learning areasEnglish; Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels F; 1; 2
  • Updated20/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource explores and celebrates First Nations languages in the context of the English curriculum. Over 4 extended lessons, students discover the language(s) of the Traditional Owners in the location of their Queensland school or centre and explore Traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and Nations ...

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Yaltji Ngayuku Papa? (Where is my Dog?): Teacher Guide

  • TLF-IDA009822
  • Learning areasEnglish; Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels F; 1; 2
  • Updated20/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

These notes support use of the picture book ‘Yaltji Ngayuku Papa?. Written and illustrated by children from Tjuntjuntjara Remote Community School, the bilingual book follows a search for a cheeky dog showcasing daily life, community, and language in the Great Victoria Desert. Find prompts for discussion of Country and how ...

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Country: unit of work

  • TLF-IDA008932
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; English
  • Year levels F
  • Updated20/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

In this unit, students explore the importance and complexity of Country using the text 'Country' (2024), written by Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson, and illustrated by Cheryl Davison. Across five activities, students make personal connections to the text, explore what makes places special and how we can care for them, and ...

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NAIDOC 2024: Keep the fire burning! Blak, Loud and Proud

  • TLF-IDA007979
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
  • Updated20/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

The 2024 NAIDOC week celebrates the enduring strength of First Nations culture and explores various topics, viewpoints and experiences related to themes of Country, trailblazers and changemakers, identity, advocacy and Community. The PDF guide offers a range of activities organised in bands of schooling from early childhood ...

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Map of Indigenous Australia

  • TLF-IDA007157
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; History; Geography; Civics and Citizenship
  • Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
  • Updated20/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This webpage from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) includes an interactive AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia, which serves as a visual reminder of the richness and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia ...

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Using picture books for intercultural understanding

  • TLF-IDA005097
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
  • Updated20/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource supports the integration of picture books into Geography and History teaching and programming. It explains how the use of picture books can develop intercultural understandings and knowledge of a range of perspectives and contexts.

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My school grounds

  • TLF-IDA005088
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels F; 1
  • Updated20/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This geographical inquiry process will identify the importance of places that students belong to and why they are special. Through investigation of a local geographical issue, students will examine why people need to take care for these places. This learning is shaped by four small inquiries, which vary in length. Many ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

  • TLF-IDA005075
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences; English
  • Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
  • Updated20/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This resource is a guide to using specific picture books to support the cross-curriculum priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, and the general capability of intercultural understanding, within the context of learning areas such as History, Geography and English.

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Work sample Foundation Year HASS: Familiar places

  • TLF-IDA003937
  • Learning areasHumanities and Social Sciences
  • Year levels F
  • Updated20/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Foundation Year English. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic representation ...

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Whose Country: exploring First Nations peoples languages map (0-7yrs)

  • TLF-IDA002847
  • Learning areasEnglish; Humanities and Social Sciences; Mathematics
  • Year levels F; 1; 2
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

Learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages can help children build their understanding of land, water and people. This activity helps to assist the identification of the language group/s on which the school or home is situated. To understand local perspectives and support these activities, we recommend ...

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