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Larissa Behrendt
What is The Dreaming? How many different Aboriginal tribes and languages once existed in Australia? What is the purpose of a corroboree? What effect do the events of the past have on Indigenous peoples today?
Indigenous Australia For Dummies…
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Sue Woolfe
Kate, a lonely city woman and reluctant linguistics student from Sydney, is asked by her lecturer to travel to a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory to record a dying Aboriginal woman singing an ancient song. She accepts because…
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Gary Taaffe
The Urban Hunters series follows the adventures of thirteen-year old Billy and Amber. Billy’s an Aboriginal boy from an isolated part of the Australian bush. All that's left of his family are men. So the spirit of his mother chooses him to go…
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Noel Beddoe
As a successful trader and merchant in Sydney in the late 1870s, ‘Young James’ Beckett believes he has put his past behind him. When the enigmatic bushman Lancaster reappears in his life, Beckett knows he must confront the haunting truth of his…
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Language initiatives emerge aiming to protect and revive First Nations languages, including online projects. They are urgently required: many languages are under threat of dying with their last speaker.
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European invasion brought along new names for places in Australia. More and more are get their original names back as Australians become aware of their history. Some meanings, however, have been lost forever.
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Australians use many words from Aboriginal languages. Aboriginal words are still added to the Australian vocabulary, and meanings are not what you expect.
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English-only schools do not account for Aboriginal language speakers. Bilingual education is "most effective" yet often at the mercy of government policies.
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Economy
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From the late 1800s until the 1970s Aboriginal workers were for all intents and purposes enslaved. They were denied access to their wages which in many cases were simply stolen by corrupt officials and employers. It locked them into a cycle of…
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Australian governments are reluctant to take on responsibility for the stolen wages, fearing millions of dollars of reparations.
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The Internet is yet to make a difference in remote Aboriginal communities. Very few people there own a computer and even fewer are connected.
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Aboriginal businesses can be as successful as any other. And they have one unique advantage when it comes to overcoming challenges.
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Aboriginal unemployment rates are 3 times the non-Aboriginal rates. Some web-based services exclusively list Aboriginal jobs.
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Literacy rates among Aboriginal students are lowest in remote communities. Reasons include low literacy of the parents and poor school attendance. Initiatives like the Accelerated Literacy Program try to bring literacy to a similar level to that of…
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Most Australians learned little about Aboriginal culture, yet are hungry for more. Educating non-Aboriginal Australians could help combat racism and discrimination, but teaching still hasn't caught up.
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Teaching Aboriginal students requires sensitivity for their special needs and knowledge about Aboriginal cultural protocols. Successful programs relate content to real life and work around Aboriginal parents' limitations.
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Aboriginal students choosing higher studies are a minority, and likely to be older than their peers. Experts want to see universities tap into the potential of Aboriginal organisations to increase student numbers.
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Aboriginal people practice deep listening, an almost spiritual skill, based on respect. Sometimes called 'dadirri', deep listening is inner, quiet, still awareness, waiting – and available to everyone.
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School attendance rates and literacy of Aboriginal students can be improved if schools involve parents and role models. Programs stimulating the senses and offering incentives make students perform.
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Teaching Aboriginal studies? Here are some tips & resources that help you prepare yourself and avoid common mistakes.
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Schools in remote Aboriginal communities receive less resources than similar schools in towns with mainly non-Aboriginal students. Read about their surprising advantage and the myths associated with them.
