Indigenous Australia

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Indigenous Australians are not one group of people, there is not one language or one religious belief. Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders throughout Australia have different thoughts, ideas and beliefs. They belong to living cultures that have survived longer than any other on earth. Today their cultures are a mixture of contemporary and traditional thoughts, ways and practices.

Introduction

Outline of Indigenous Australian history and culture.

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Timelines

Timelines from the pre-contact period until the present day.

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Flags

Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders have their own unique flags.

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- Indigenous Australia - Flags

Spirituality

Beliefs and practices, the Dreaming, Dreaming Stories, Mimi and the Tagai.

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- Spirituality

Cultural Heritage

Changing culture, contemporary arts, living languages and cultural property

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- Cultural Heritage

Family

Indigenous families, the Stolen Generation, Link Up and Government Institutions for Children.

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- Family

The Land

Land rights, native title, terra nullius, land use, Mabo, Tent Embassy and stories of resistance and massacres.

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- The Land

Social Justice

Dispossession, health, racism, Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, alternatives to custody and Aboriginal Stockmen and women.

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- Social Justice

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