First Australians: Telling our Indigenous Stories

Topic: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage
Type: Curriculum materials
Years: 6-10

Key curriculum links

Time, Continuity and Change; Culture; Investigation, Communication and Participation.

An important part of 'us' and our story is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage. This unit of work asks students to think about how the National Museum's First Australians exhibition presents Indigenous cultures and history by looking at a number of important themes and events included in the exhibition including:

• the origins of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life in Australia
• traditional land ownership and land rights
• trading materials and routes
• diversity, spirituality and technology
• early contact and conflict with European settlers
• the mission experience
• land rights.
  

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