This document provides an overview of indigenous education in Australia. It discusses key topics like the meaning of indigenous, who the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are, their culture and spirituality. It also touches on the stolen generations, prominent indigenous figures like Adam Goodes, and how indigenous culture is represented in sports and media like the AFL indigenous round and movie The Sapphires. The writer acknowledges they don't have a strong background on indigenous education and are hoping to learn more through this subject.

1. Indigenous Education
Danica Murphy

2. What is indigenous?
• From what I know indigenous means someone
originating or occurring naturally from one
place or native. Aboriginal Australian’s or
Torrse Straite Islanders are what we know the
indigenous in Australia as.
• Indigenous Australians were the first to settle
on this land. They became the first occupants
of the land.

3. • Aboriginals and Torres Straite Islanders have
their own individual flag which was designed
to represent the Indigenous Australians from
the 1970s to 1990s.

4. What are the aboriginals?
• Aboriginals are those people who found the land
in Australia. They where known as ‘the first and
earliest to live on the land’.
• They lived on the land for several thousands of
years before the white man came along and
evolved the way of living.
• They believed in the ‘Dreamtime’ which is the
center piece of their culture.
• Captain James Cook was the first to land in
botany bay in 1770. Aboriginals were shocked to
see white people in strage clothes.

5. • A lot of aboriginals live in the Northern Territory.
• About 20,000 years ago aboriginals moved to
Uluru also known as ‘airs rock’. It was believed
that in the beginning the rock was unformed and
featureless.
• I have not been to Uluru but I have heard that
there are several images painted on the rock
around it and inside little caves which is said to
have been done by the aboriginals.

7. Culture history
• Indigenous culture is one of the oldest living
cultures in the world. One of the reasons it
has survived for so long is its ability to change.

8. Heritage
• Belongs to one who is born into this
background.

9. Spirituality
• The ‘dreamtime’ is believed to be the time
where earth and humans and animals were
created.

10. What have I learnt about the
indigenous?
• I have learnt that most indigenous Australian’s
live together in tribes.
• Most indigenous do not work or attend school.
• They are poorly educated.
• They live of the land.
• The fend for themselves.
• Kevin Rudd apologized to the stolen generation.

11. What I know about this?
• I don’t know a lot about indigenous education
as this was not covered a lot throughout my
schooling. I remember being told a little bit
about the stolen generation. Which I believe is
where the government took young children
from their families. For which reason I am not
sure why?

13. The Sapphires
• The Sapphires is a movie which has been
created based on the aboriginals way of life
throughout the war. It is based on a true story
of four woman who sang to the Vietnam
troops in 1968. This movie gave me a lot of
insight into how it was in the 60s for them.
How they lived and how one of the girls was
taken in the stolen generation.

15. Indigenous round in afl
• Afl is an Australian football game which
supports indigenous players one round out of
the season. They have a full ceremoney at the
beginning of each round and they pay tirbute
to those who were effected by the stolen
generation.

17. Adam Goodes Role Model
Australian of the Year 2014
AFL player and community leader
An Adnyamathanha man, Adam Goodes is a champion
Australian Rules football player with the Sydney
Swans. Adam holds an elite place in AFL history, winning two
Brownlow Medals and two premierships. He is a four-time
All-Australian, member of the Indigenous Team of the
Century, and has represented Australia in the International
Rules Series. Adam is proud of his Indigenous heritage, and
is actively involved with several Indigenous sport and
community programs. He has spent time working with
troubled youth, including those in youth detention
centres. Together with his cousin and former teammate
Michael O’Loughlin, Adam established the Go Foundation
which empowers the next generation of Indigenous role
models in all walks of life. Adam co-chairs the foundation,
focused on promoting education, employment and healthy
lifestyles. Adam is a great role model and advocate for the
fight against racism both on and off the field and is admired
by a great many people around the nation.

18. What I am hoping to get out of this
subject?
• I am hoping to update my current knowledge
on indigenous Australians. I want to learn as
much as I can about teaching the importance
of this topic and I am looking forward to it.

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