Sites (13)

ABC: Messagestick
A portal to Indigenous Australian information on the web.

Aboriginal Cultures and the Land
Information on kinship, social organisation and Aboriginal land use.

Australian Indigenous Languages
Lists Aboriginal dictionaries, vocabularies, wordlists and placenames.

Barani: Indigenous History of Sydney Australia
Barani contains the history, life stories and images of many Indigenous men and women from Sydney who have made great contributions to their people and their country.

BOS Resources
List of sites suitable for this unit.

Famous Australians
Series of profiles on notable and interesting Aboriginal Australians.

First Australians: National Museum Canberra
Information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that shows the wide diversity of languages and cultures within these groups.

Forgotten War
Information on resistance activities of Aboriginal people in the Sydney Region in the 1790s.

Images of Australia
Collection of landscape photos of Australian landscapes.

Indigenous Australia: Trade Routes
Prior to European contact, a complex web of trade routes all over the Australian continent. This site briefly discusses these trade routes and provides other information about Aboriginal culture.

Koorie People of the Dandenong-Pakenham Region
This site provides information on European contact with the Wurundjeri tribe in the area now known as the city of Melbourne.

Photosearch: National Archives of Australia
PhotoSearch allows you to search and browse the titles of almost 500,000 photographs from the National Archives collection and to view 80,000 images online.

Tindale's Aboriginal Tribal Map
Tindale's map of Aboriginal group boundaries at the time of European contact, published in 1974.

Lessons (2)

Investigating Local Aboriginal Culture
Suggested categories for designing a unit of work on Aboriginal local history from the National Museum of Australia.

Places: Then, Now and Tomorrow Unit
Unit of work that expands on the ideas found in the HSIE syllabus unit.

Software (1)

BOS Resources
List of Software suitable for this unit.

Texts (1)

BOS Resources
List of Texts suitable for this unit.

Videos (1)

BOS Resources
List of Videos suitable for this unit.

Teacher References (4)

Aboriginal Australia Links
General collection of links to sites related to Aborigines.

Investigating Local Aboriginal Culture
Suggested categories for designing a unit of work on Aboriginal local history from the National Museum of Australia.

NSW Heritage Office: Aboriginal Heritage
Aboriginal heritage consists of those places and objects that contribute to the story of Aboriginal people in NSW.

Teaching Heritage NSW
Site aimed at high school level, this site offers valuable tips for teachers wanting to conduct local area studies.