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New resources for Aboriginal Studies

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• First Australians: Episode 6: Study guide
  • Episode 6 of the First Australians documentary series is titled: 'Strength to Stand a Long Time' South-Eastern Australia (1937-1967). Across the continent, the first Australians were governed by 'protective legislation' which bound them to reserves, controlled their wages, residency, ability to marry and travel. Yorta Yorta man William Cooper formed the Australian Aborigines League in 1933 to continue his life-long campaign for equality. His nephew, Doug Nichols, a Church of Christ pastor, becom...
• Aboriginal Australia Map
  • The Aboriginal Australia wall map represents work carried out for the Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia. Using the published resources available between 1988 and 1994, the map attempts to represent language, tribal or nation groups of Australia's Indigenous peoples. It is possible to click on grid sections of the map for an enlarged image.
• First Australians: Episode 7: Study guide
  • The First Australians documentary series chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people. Episode 7 is titled: 'We are No Longer Shadows' Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands (1967-1993). It describes how Eddie Koiki Mabo fought for Australian law to recognize that his people own Murray Island, where they have lived for generations. In 1992, a decade after the statement of claim was first lodged in Queensland, the highest court in...
• First Australians: Episode 5: Study guide
  • The First Australians documentary series chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people. Episode 5 is titled: 'Unhealthy Government Experiment' Western Australia (1897-1937). It describes the life of Jandamurra, in the Kimberley; and Gladys Gilligan, taken from her family and sent to a mission where The Chief Protector of Aborigines, A.O. Neville, had control of her life. The study guide presents issues and ideas for exploration.
• First Australians: Episode 4: Study guide
  • The First Australians documentary series chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people. Episode 4 is titled: 'There is No Other Law' Central Australia (1878-1897). It describes how the homicidal police officer Constable Willshire, brought mayhem to the Arrernte nation in Central Australia. With the authorities turning a blind eye, the telegraph operator Frank Gillen stopped him. Gillen's other legacy is comprehensive records of the ...

New resources for Indigenous education in Australia

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• Disability Services Queensland - Storybook
  • This collection of stories written by everyday Queenslanders involved in the disability sector includes stories from people with a disability themselves, to families, friends, carers and services providers. The storybook provides an insight to the lives and experiences of real people, in their own words. Stories are grouped as: young people, family, training and employment, education, sport, carers, arts, breaking down barriers, Indigenous. The Indigenous section includes radio interviews with I...
• Snake Condoms
  • This website has been designed to educate Aboriginal teenagers on key issues of sexual health, drug and alcohol use. Developed, written and designed in consultation with Aboriginal youth, the website features information on STIs, teenage pregnancy, contraception, and drug and alcohol usage. It promotes SNAKE Condoms - Australia's first and only Indigenous-friendly, socially marketed condom brand. There is a page for educators with online resources.
• Lives of diversity: Indigenous Australia
  • This essay is based on data from the 2006 Census, and explores the lives of Indigenous people living in different places and spaces, because locational diversity is missing from most analyses of Indigenous census data. Three sites were chosen as exemplars for their geographic spread across the continent; the distinction between a discrete Indigenous township, such as Maningrida, with Indigenous/non-Indigenous shared geographic locations, such as Perth and Dubbo, also allows dimensions not usuall...
• Preventing crime and promoting rights for Indigenous young people with cognitive disabilities and mental health issues
  • This report calls for the 'skilling up' of existing services that work with Indigenous young people with cognitive or mental health issues, in an effort to halt their slide into the juvenile justice system. The report profiles successful holistic early intervention programs that are already making a difference in young people's lives. The earlier services and supports are provided, the stronger the community and social base, the better the outcomes will be.
• How realistic are the prospects for 'closing the gaps' in socioeconomic outcomes for Indigenous Australians?
  • 'Practical reconciliation' and 'closing the gaps' have been put forward as frameworks on which to base and then evaluate policies to address Indigenous disadvantage. This This Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) discussion paper uses census-based analysis at the national level to examine trends in Indigenous wellbeing since 1971. It uses information of best-case scenario trends to make some crude estimates of when the gaps might be closed in order to assess the realism of this...