Indigenous Education

Danica Murphy

What is indigenous?

• From what I know indigenous means someone originating or occurring naturally from one place or native. Aboriginal Australian’s or Torrse Straite Islanders are what we know the indigenous in Australia as.

• Indigenous Australians were the first to settle on this land. They became the first occupants of the land.

• Aboriginals and Torres Straite Islanders have their own individual flag which was designed to represent the Indigenous Australians from the 1970s to 1990s.

What are the aboriginals?

• Aboriginals are those people who found the land in Australia. They where known as ‘the first and earliest to live on the land’.

• They lived on the land for several thousands of years before the white man came along and evolved the way of living.

• They believed in the ‘Dreamtime’ which is the center piece of their culture.

• Captain James Cook was the first to land in botany bay in 1770. Aboriginals were shocked to see white people in strage clothes.

• A lot of aboriginals live in the Northern Territory.• About 20,000 years ago aboriginals moved to

Uluru also known as ‘airs rock’. It was believed that in the beginning the rock was unformed and featureless.

• I have not been to Uluru but I have heard that there are several images painted on the rock around it and inside little caves which is said to have been done by the aboriginals.

Culture history

• Indigenous culture is one of the oldest living cultures in the world. One of the reasons it has survived for so long is its ability to change.

Heritage

• Belongs to one who is born into this background.

Spirituality

• The ‘dreamtime’ is believed to be the time where earth and humans and animals were created.

What have I learnt about the indigenous?

• I have learnt that most indigenous Australian’s live together in tribes.

• Most indigenous do not work or attend school.• They are poorly educated. • They live of the land. • The fend for themselves. • Kevin Rudd apologized to the stolen generation.

What I know about this?

• I don’t know a lot about indigenous education as this was not covered a lot throughout my schooling. I remember being told a little bit about the stolen generation. Which I believe is where the government took young children from their families. For which reason I am not sure why?

The Sapphires

• The Sapphires is a movie which has been created based on the aboriginals way of life throughout the war. It is based on a true story of four woman who sang to the Vietnam troops in 1968. This movie gave me a lot of insight into how it was in the 60s for them. How they lived and how one of the girls was taken in the stolen generation.

Indigenous round in afl

• Afl is an Australian football game which supports indigenous players one round out of the season. They have a full ceremoney at the beginning of each round and they pay tirbute to those who were effected by the stolen generation.

Adam Goodes Role ModelAustralian of the Year 2014AFL player and community leaderAn Adnyamathanha man, Adam Goodes is a champion Australian Rules football player with the Sydney Swans. Adam holds an elite place in AFL history, winning two Brownlow Medals and two premierships. He is a four-time All-Australian, member of the Indigenous Team of the Century, and has represented Australia in the International Rules Series. Adam is proud of his Indigenous heritage, and is actively involved with several Indigenous sport and community programs. He has spent time working with troubled youth, including those in youth detention centres. Together with his cousin and former teammate Michael O’Loughlin, Adam established the Go Foundation which empowers the next generation of Indigenous role models in all walks of life. Adam co-chairs the foundation, focused on promoting education, employment and healthy lifestyles. Adam is a great role model and advocate for the fight against racism both on and off the field and is admired by a great many people around the nation.

What I am hoping to get out of this subject?

• I am hoping to update my current knowledge on indigenous Australians. I want to learn as much as I can about teaching the importance of this topic and I am looking forward to it.

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