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Growing up Aboriginal in Australia | Overview: Keywords

Please try to use the correct terms when writing about indigenous Australians. Use of wrong, or out-of-date, terms can cause offense to Indigenous Australians.

Aboriginal, Country, Dreaming, Elders; First Nations; Indigenous Australians; Mob; NAIDOC; Reconciliation; Songlines, Sorry Day; Stolen Generations; Torres Strait Islander; Traditional custodians

Pathways thesaurus for Indigenous languages and people
The pathways thesaurus for Indigenous languages and people is maintained by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

Growing up Aboriginal in Australia | Overview: Articles

Speaking with: Author Anita Heiss on Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (Elston, 2018)
"Anita Heiss is one of the most prolific writers documenting Aboriginal experiences in Australia today through non-fiction, historical fiction, poetry and children’s literature. Her memoir, Am I Black Enough for You?, was a finalist in the 2012 Human Rights Awards.... For her latest book, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, Heiss traded the role of writer for editor. The anthology includes 52 essays from First Nations writers spanning the breadth of society, from rural to urban, young to old, coastal regions to the country’s interior, well known authors to emerging writers." (Elston, 2018)

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Reference / citation: Elston (2018) or (Elston, 2018)
Reference list / Bibliography: Elston, J., (2018). Speaking with: Author Anita Heiss on Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia in The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/speaking-with-author-anita-heiss-on-growing-up-aboriginal-in-australia-102644

Growing up Aboriginal in Australia | Overview: eBooks

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Growing up Aboriginal in Australia [eBook] by Anita Heiss (Editor)
ISBN: 9781743820421
Publication Date: 2018
Childhood stories of family, country and belonging. What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question. Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile identities sit alongside those from newly discovered writers of all ages. All of the contributors speak from the heart - sometimes calling for empathy, oftentimes challenging stereotypes, always demanding respect. This groundbreaking collection will enlighten, inspire and educate about the lives of Aboriginal people in Australia today. Contributors include: Tony Birch, Deborah Cheetham, Adam Goodes, Terri Janke, Patrick Johnson, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Jack Latimore, Celeste Liddle, Amy McQuire, Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Miranda Tapsell, Jared Thomas, Aileen Walsh, Alexis West, Tara June Winch, and many, many more. Winner, Small Publisher Adult Book of the Year at the 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards 'Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia is a mosaic, its more than 50 tiles - short personal essays with unique patterns, shapes, colours and textures - coming together to form a powerful portrait of resilience.' --The Saturday Paper '... provides a diverse snapshot of Indigenous Australia from a much needed Aboriginal perspective.' --The Saturday Age
Growing up Aboriginal in Australia [Print book] by Anita Heiss
Call Number: 305.89 HEI
ISBN: 9781863959810
Publication Date: 2018
What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question. Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile identities sit alongside those from newly discovered writers of all ages. All of the contributors speak from the heart – sometimes calling for empathy, oftentimes challenging stereotypes, always demanding respect. This groundbreaking collection will enlighten, inspire and educate about the lives of Aboriginal people in Australia today.

Growing up Aboriginal in Australia | Overview: Online resources

Growing up Aboriginal in Australia editor's web site
Includes: background information, reviews, articles and extracts as well as links to teacher's notes.

Growing up Aboriginal in Australia | Overview: Videos

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Growing up Aboriginal in Australia | Overview: Curriculum alignment

This Mentone Girls' Grammar School LibGuide supports the following Victorian curriculum outcomes. Click on the links to explore more.

Indigenous Understanding [ACCP]
"The Australian Curriculum is working towards addressing two distinct needs in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education:
* that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are able to see themselves, their identities and their cultures reflected in the curriculum of each of the learning areas, can fully participate in the curriculum and can build their self-esteem
* that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority is designed for all students to engage in reconciliation, respect and recognition of the world’s oldest continuous living cultures." (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, n.d.)

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The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is an independent statutory authority... to be the authoritative source of advice on, and delivery of, national curriculum, assessment and reporting for all Australian education ministers, with international recognition of our work. (ACARA, n.d.)
Victorian Curriculum | Cross Curriculum Priorities [ACCP]
"Learning about the cross-curriculum priorities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia, and Sustainability is embedded in the curriculum areas of the Victorian Curriculum... These priorities provide national, regional and global dimensions and give students the knowledge and skills to engage with and better understand their world. (Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, n.d.)

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The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) is a statutory authority primarily accountable to the Minister for Education, serving both government and non-government schools. The VCAA's mission is to provide high quality curricula, assessment and reporting to enable learning for life. (VCAA, n.d.)

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