Aboriginal Education and culture: lessons

RECONCILIATON

NAT'S WEB SITE ON RECONCILIATION

 http://www.reconciliation.org.au/

http://www.flea.org/reconcile/

http://www.reconciliationaustralia.org/aboutus/whatis.html

http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/aborigines/reconciliation.htm

ABORIGINAL ISSUES This is a collection of statements published by the Australian Bishops Conference on a range of issues related to Australian Aborigines.

Indigenous Australia: About Dreaming Stories http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/dreamtime.htm

Indigenous prayers and liturgies: http://www.acc.asn.au/Liturgy.html

Indigenous Australia: About Dreaming Stories
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/dreamtime.htm
Explanation of significance of dreaming stories and sacred sites.

Rainbow Serpent
http://www.tased.edu.au/schools/capebarp/rainbow.htm
The Rainbow Serpent story is about how the world began.

A Journey Into the Dreamtime
http://www.aboriginal-art.com/journey_toc.html
Information about Dreamtime.

 Explanation of significance of dreaming stories and sacred sites.

Rainbow Serpent

http://www.tased.edu.au/schools/capebarp/rainbow.htm

 

The Rainbow Serpent story is about how the world began.

A Journey Into the Dreamtime

http://www.aboriginal-art.com/journey_toc.html

 

Information about Dreamtime.

Pre Contact Aboriginal Society

http://www.koori.usyd.edu.au/students/rossc/

 

Description of lifestyles of Aboriginal people before European contact.

Aboriginal Astronomy

http://www.questacon.edu.au/html/aboriginal_astronomy.html

 

These stories are from Questacon\'s book The Emu in the Sky, a collection of Aboriginal astronomy stories from all around Australia.

Bradshaw Paintings

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/

 

Rock Art of the Kimberleys district that are suggested to be over 50,000 years old.

Jinta Desert Art

http://www.jintaart.com.au/culinfo.htm

 

Information and profile of traditional art from the Central Australian Desert.

Speaking Land

http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/aacg/index.htm

 

Online presentations of Aboriginal cultural traditions at the South Australian Museum.

Burrara Gathering

http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/main_new.html

 

Find out about the life of the Burrara people from Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.

Songlines

http://www.nanou.com.au/songlines/

 

Songlines, or Yiri in the Walpiri language, are tracks across the landscape created by Mythical Aboriginal ancestors when they created the physical features of the land.

Visiting Sacred Sites

http://www.koori.usyd.edu.au/students/daleneileeyo/

 

Information on various types of Aboriginal Sites and their significance.

The Day The Sun Darkened

http://www.koori.usyd.edu.au/students/josiel/

 

Long, long ago in the land of the Dreamtime there was a beautiful place called Allaru. This land was the home of an Aboriginal tribe, called Nowena.

Aboriginal Dreaming: Ngurunderi

http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/ngurunderi/nghome.htm

 

This exhibition is about the Ngarrindjeri, the Aboriginal people of the Lower Murray River, Lakes and Coorong.

Stories Of The Dreaming

http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/storylist.htm

 

Listen to Aboriginal people tell dreaming stories online.

Indigenous Australiana: The Adnyanathanha Group http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?lib_id=5581&team_id=C0115620

 

Created by students, this site explores the culture of the Adnyanathanha group from the South Australian Flinders Ranges.

Lore Of The Land

http://www.loreoftheland.com.au/

 

Site aims to improve understanding of issues relating to Aboriginal views of the land.

Aboriginal Rock Art

http://www.lonker.net/art_aboriginal_1.htm

 

Information on Aboriginal Rock Art.

Aboriginal Cultural Life

http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Aboriginal+people+and+cultural+life

 

Information on Aboriginal history and relationships with the land.

Journey into Australia\'s Central Desert http://www.tjulyuru.com/ Tjulyuru Regional Arts Gallery, Warburton, Western Australia collection of Aboriginal artworks created by the people of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.

The World Upside Downhttp://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/upsidedown/

 

National Library of Australia presents an eyewitness account of the European settlement of Australia from 1788-1830.

Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association http://www.warlu.com/home.htm Representing over 160 Warlpiri and Anmatjerre artists, the art centre specialises in the production of a wide range of acrylic paintings, large commissions and traditional ground installations.

Desert Dreams

http://www.desertdreams.net.au/

 

Presents Aboriginal artworks of the Yuelamu Community, Mount Allan Station, which is situated 300kms north-west of Alice Springs on the edge of the Tanami Desert.

Aboriginal Art Online

http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/index.html

 

Examples of Aboriginal Art from a range of communities.

Lessons

Aboriginal Dreaming Stories

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/dreaming/stories.html

 

This is a collection of prayers published by the Australian Bishops Conference
related to Australian Aboriginal People.
http://www.acbc.catholic.org.au/bc/atsip/2001062211.htm  PRAYERS WITH AN ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN FOCUS

Aboriginal Spirituality

Aboriginal Spirituality.url

Aboriginal Studies WWW VL.url

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Page

Aboriginal Spirituality

Spirituality