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The 1967 Referendum  
URL:http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/default.asp?id=9592
Category:Australian Studies  Aboriginal Studies 

This is a teaching resource from the Australia's Democracy kit: Civics Topic 4, based on the 1967 Referendum to remove clauses from the Australian Constitution which discriminated against Indigenous Australians. It requires students to examine visual sources and to identify and analyse information.

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.

8 Aboriginal ways of learning  
URL:http://8ways.wikispaces.com/
Category:Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students  Aboriginal Studies 

8ways is a pedagogical framework designed for teachers to include Aboriginal perspectives by using Aboriginal learning techniques. The framework maintains a focus on core curriculum content while embedding Aboriginal perspectives in lessons. 8ways is a constantly developing body of communal expertise held by the traditional keepers of knowledge in Aboriginal communities throughout western New South Wales. Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal teachers contribute to the framework in an ongoing cross-cultural dialogue via the wiki. It is managed by the Regional Aboriginal Education Team at the Aboriginal Knowledge and Practice Centre, Dubbo.

ABC Online Indigenous  
URL:http://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/
Category:Studies in Human Society  Aboriginal Studies 

The ABC Indigenous gateway is a collaboration between Indigenous departments in Television and Radio and is also included in the Aboriginal Employment and Development Program (AEDP). The site is a guide to what is up-and-coming on Television and what is new on Radio. It deals with Indigenous issues, news, music and arts, local heroes, health and recipes, and education. The Events section provides information on major Indigenous events across the nation. Articles, profiles of Indigenous people, cultures and beliefs, and online forums are available. Special topics include: NT Intervention, The Apology, Stolen Generations, Reconciliation.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice  
URL:http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/
Category:Studies in Human Society  Human Welfare  Aboriginal Studies 

The site offers information on: the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families, including the Full Report and the Summary Report; native title, including annual Native Title Reports; Indigenous deaths in custody, including the Indigenous Deaths in Custody 1988-1996 Report; annual reports on Indigenous social justice; education programs; statistics on Indigenous issues; speeches; links and contact information for other relevant organisations.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders' virtual books  
URL:http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/find/virtualbooks/atsi
Category:English - literature 0-8  Aboriginal Studies 

This is a collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander virtual books, some with accompanying audio, and some with bi-lingual text. Books include: Sam the frog, The Bush Rounder, and The Emu Went Walking by Irene Ryder, a Gunggari Elder; Original Girl Mari Miyay by Michelle Witheyman-Crump with Gamilaraay translation; Borobi and his Friends, an introduction to the Yugambeh language by the Kombumerri Corporation for Culture; Butchulla Gabu, Butchulla Wurru, Our people, The small bird, and Where's my mother? by Joyce Bonner; My country, Gudjal book of animals, Gudjal book of birds by William Santo.

Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre, Alice Springs  
URL:http://www.aboriginalart.com.au/
Category:Aboriginal Studies 

This is the website of the Pwerte Martne Martne Aboriginal Corporation. They are a Southern Arrernte Aboriginal tribal group whose homelands are situated 100kms south of Alice Springs in central Australia. The Culture section of the site contains information about the dreamtime including a DreamTime chart, Arrente culture, traditional Aboriginal music, and the Arrente community. It also has didgeridoo lessons online.

Aboriginal Art online  
URL:http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/index.php
Category:Aboriginal Studies  Art 

This website showcases Aboriginal art, with articles by experts, photographs and a wide range of information on Aboriginal art, culture and communities. Under 'Art and Artists' the section on contemporary art includes Albert Namatjira and the Hermannsburg School, urban Aboriginal art, Papunya stories, and Sally Morgan - urban Aboriginal artist and writer.

Aboriginal astronomy  
URL:http://www.questacon.edu.au/starlab/aboriginal_astronomy.html
Category:General early childhood curriculum  Aboriginal Studies  Earth, Sky & People 

Australia's indigenous peoples have a rich heritage of astronomical observation and story telling. This website contains stories from 'The Emu in the Sky', a collection of Aboriginal astronomy stories from all around Australia.

Aboriginal cultural heritage: Mini-posters  
URL:http://www.aboriginalaffairs.vic.gov.au/web7/AAVMain.nsf/allDocs/RWP6F63CD5959176D8CCA2574E200275A92?OpenDocument
Category:Aboriginal Studies 

These downloadable A4 size mini-posters describe Aboriginal places, objects and processes relating to the management of Aboriginal Cultural heritage, including: Aboriginal scarred trees, mounds, freshwater middens, flaked stone tools, burials, surface scatters, quarries, ground-edge axes, grinding stones, stone arrangements, Aboriginal sites on private property, axe-grinding grooves, coastal shell middens, rock art, historical places.