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60,000 BP: Aboriginal existence in Australia  
URL:http://www.loreoftheland.com.au/land/eras/60000.html
Category:Reconciliation  Ancient societies  Aboriginal Studies 

This page provides a timeline summarizing archaeological evidence of Aboriginal life in Australia 60,000 years before present, up to current times. It includes Mungo man and woman, rock engravings, middens, and Aboriginal tools.

Frontier education online  
URL:http://www.abc.net.au/frontier/education/
Category:Reconciliation  Aboriginal Studies 

As a complement to Frontier video and CD-ROM, this page gives information and student activities for topics on Aboriginal history such as Stolen Generations, he early years of European settlement, massacres and assimilation.

Lore of the Land  
URL:http://www.loreoftheland.com.au/
Category:Reconciliation  Australian Studies  Aboriginal Studies 

This is a website seeking to reconcile spirit and place in Australia's story. It has been produced in partnership between Indigenous and non-indigenous people. The site provides information about land issues, indigenous culture and reconciliation. It includes student forums for reconciliation and land issues, teaching ideas, news updates, facts and stories.

My survival as an Aboriginal  
URL:http://www.enhancetv.com.au/shop/product.php?productid=106560&cat=0&page=1
Category:Reconciliation  Aboriginal Studies 

'My Survival as an Aboriginal' delves beneath surface appearances to reveal a strong resistance to assimilation and loss of identity, as the late Essie Coffey, a Muruwarri woman, takes us into the Aboriginal struggle for survival.

Reconciliation  
URL:http://www.culture.gov.au/articles/indigenous/reconciliation/
Category:Reconciliation  Australian Studies  Aboriginal Studies 

This article from the Culture Portal provides information, links and images about reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians. It includes information about the civil rights campaigns, wage rights and land rights, the 1967 referendum, and the national apology.

Reconciliation: Stories of the Heart, Sounds of the the Rock  
URL:http://www.caritas.org.au/education/study_guide.pdf
Category:Reconciliation  Australian Studies  Religious Education general resources 

This 30-page study guide on Reconciliation accompanies an audio CD of the same title featuring music and words from Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists including Midnight Oil, Wendy Matthews, Yothu Yindi and Paul Kelly. Explore the key issues of reconciliation as identified by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation through song, statement and historical data.

Reconciliation Australia  
URL:http://www.reconciliation.org.au/
Category:Reconciliation  Indigenous Education (Adult and Community Education)  Aboriginal Studies 

Reconciliation Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation with the aim to promote and build reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The organisation builds relationships and partnerships for change; promotes reconciliation; and provides information and educational resources.

Reconciliation Liturgy  
URL:http://www.caritas.org.au/ourwork/australia_liturgy.htm
Category:Reconciliation  Religious Education general resources 

This liturgy is produced in collaboration with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC). National Reconciliation Week. This week is framed by two significant dates. May 27 is the anniversary of the 1967 referendum in which over 90% of Australians voted to give the Commonwealth the power to make laws for Indigenous people and include the original inhabitants in the census. June 3 marks the 11 year anniversary of the High Court of Australia's decision in the MABO case. The decision recognised the Native Titles Rights of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples, the original inhabitants of the land.

Stories of the dreaming  
URL:http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/Indigenous-Australia
Category:Reconciliation  Indigenous issues  Aboriginal Studies 

This Australian Museum site explores Indigenous Australia through storytelling, cultures and histories. It includes Stories of the Dreaming, teachers' resources and content for students. There is also a virtual tour of the Australian Museum Indigenous Australia Gallery.

Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, cultures and perspectives in Australian schools  
URL:http://www.reconciliation.org.au/home/reconciliation-resources/facts--figures/qa-factsheets/aboriginal-perspectives
Category:Reconciliation  Indigenous Education (Adult and Community Education)  Aboriginal Studies 

With the new curriculum being developed, what we teach in our schools about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, and perspectives is being discussed. Reconciliation Australia provides some straightforward answers to questions you might have about this issue.