The sources used on this site "provide information about the social and political background of the 1967 referendum, the Queensland state laws governing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs at the time, the organisations and individuals at the forefront of campaigns.
ABC's online Indigenous gateway is a collaboration between the Indigenous departments of ABC Radio, Television and Online and is dedicated to giving voice to Indigenous Australians.
Site created by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. See links to Family History, Online Collections, the Little Red Yellow Black Site, Publications, Collections, Research and Aboriginal Studies Press
Resources in this collection cover topics such as access to literacy and numeracy, rural schools, education for Aboriginal Australians, early childhood education, critical pedagogies, learning strategies, teacher resilience and more.
The National Library's Manuscripts collection contains original written records relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their languages. These records provide a glimpse of the approximately 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages of Australia.
Information is included about the resources and collections of AIATSIS, including Mura (AIATSIS catalogue), family history sources, and the Australian Indigenous Cultural Network. There are also web links to subjects such as education, children and families, health, languages, land rights and native title, and law.
BlackWords researches and records a diverse range information about the lives and works of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and storytellers and the literary cultures and traditions that formed and influenced them
The Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) is Australia’s foremost social science research body focusing on Indigenous economic and social policy from a national perspective.
This map is just one representation of other map sources that are available for describing Aboriginal Australia. This map indicates only the general location of larger groupings of people which may include smaller groups such as clans, dialects or individual languages in a group.
Indigenous Voices of Queensland is an online resource of rare, archival recordings of Indigenous languages of Queensland. The languages were recorded by Elwyn Flint, an academic of the English department at UQ in the 1960s. The interactive map allows students to listen to the traditional languages spoken in different parts of Queensland.
The website is a formal recognition of traditional weather and climate knowledge that has been developed and passed down through countless generations by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
We welcome you to The Little Red Yellow Black Website, an online gateway to The Little Red Yellow Black Book: An introduction to Indigenous Australia. This is a site for anyone wanting an introduction to the rich history and contemporary culture of Indigenous Australia.
The National Native Title Tribunal (“Tribunal”) is an impartial, independent administrative agency. Established by the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth) (“NTA”), the Tribunal came into operation in January 1994.
This guide aims to provide insights and materials to assist teachers in addressing what can be suggested as the little known history around first contact; the conflicts that occurred across Australia between those living in Australia and those coming to Australia from the 1770’s; and how the critical issues such as dispossession, marginalization and injustices continue to impact on the lives of Aboriginals today
The people's movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution and to ensure that it is free from racial discrimination.
Locate resources of interest to Aboriginal people, Torres Strait Islanders and general users interested in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander related matters, from the State Library of Queensland.
This guide is sorted into the five major island clusters in the Torres Straits Region. It highlights collection items already on the National Library of Australia's catalogue.
Resources of interest to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or to researchers in this area include Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (APA-FT), NATSIVAD --_Biographies of Indigenous Artists.
A changing selection of films, documentaries and newsclips. Films with indigenous themes and issues include: Milpirri, The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Jedda, Clouded history, The fringe dwellers, Yolngu boy, Manganinnie, When the natives got restless, Toomelah, North of Capricorn. You can also search for "indigenous" and "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander" programs.
National Reconciliation Week, which kicks off on the anniversary of a day that aimed to give Indigenous Australians greater equality, strives to grow the relationship between them and other Australians.
Paul Keating's Redfern speech was the first time a Prime Minister acknowledged the impact of Europea settlement on Indigenous Australians. The address reflected a changing official interpretation of Australian history which better accommodated the Aboriginal experience.
This guide aims to provide insights and materials to assist teachers in addressing what can be suggested as the little known history around first contact; the conflicts that occurred across Australia between those living in Australia and those coming to Australia from the 1770’s; and how the critical issues such as dispossession, marginalization and injustices continue to impact on the lives of Aboriginals today
Find Aboriginal teaching resources for classroom activities with your students. Use these education resources for teaching ideas, assignments and studies at uni, high or primary school.