Links
Aboriginal People and Communities
Aboriginal Life and Culture
Aboriginal Archaeology
Indigenous Australians and War
Tools and weapons
Aboriginal People and Communities
Kam Yam
The website for a television series which looked at the four Aboriginal communities in Northern Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/ipu/kamsyn.htm
Arrente People, Central Australia
Information about the Arrente people of Central Australia
http://aboriginalart.com.au/culture/arrernte.html
Yarrabah Community, North Queensland
Here you can get information about the Yarrabah community
http://www.indiginet.com.au/yarrabah/history.htm
Aboriginal Life and Culture
Aboriginal heritage
Aboriginal cultural heritage information
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/aboriginalheritage/
Many Nations, One People
A television series which looked at Aboriginal life and culture in Australia today
http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/nations/
Australia's Indigenous People
Information on federal government agencies and services from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade dealing with indigenous arts and cultures
http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/indg_arts_culture.html
Central Land Council
The Central Land Council site has plenty of useful information under two headings: 'Our Land' and 'Our Culture'.
http://www.clc.org.au/default.asp
The National Archives Indigenous People Fact Sheets
A small collection of fact sheets on Aboriginal history such as the 1967 Referendum and Aboriginal workers in the Pastoral Industry
http://www.naa.gov.au/fsheets/fs150.html
Rebutting the Myths
This site has a number of information sheets that show how commonly held attitudes about Aboriginal people are not true
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/
parliamentary/rebutting/
Beliefs and Art
From this site you can find information about the Dreaming and how this relates to land, art and the people. This site comes from the Arrente people of Central Australia
http://aboriginalart.com.au/gallery/gallery_intro.html
Aboriginal Music
Information about Aboriginal music now and in the past.
This site comes from the Arrente people of Central Australia
http://aboriginalart.com.au/didgeridoo/
Aboriginal Archaeology
Archaeology of the Dharawal People of NSW
This site has good pictures of Aboriginal sites in the Royal National Park on the southern side of Greater Sydney
http://rockart.netfirms.com/
New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service: Aboriginal people and cultural life
This site has information about many aspects of Aboriginal archaeological heritage, including rock art, stone artefacts and other sites across the state.
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/
Content/Aboriginal+people+and+cultural+life
NSW Minerals Council: Aboriginal Issues - Cultural Heritage fact sheet
A fact sheet looking at Aboriginal cultural heritage sites in relation to mining.
http://www.nswmin.com.au/aboriginal/culturalheritage.shtml
Indigenous Australians and War
Indigenous Soldiers
This site has information about Indigenous soldiers and includes stories about soldiers today, those who fought in past wars and what happened to these people when they returned from war
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/statuepark/620/index.html
Tools and Weapons
Tools and Weapons
The Elanora Heights grade 3/4 have put together this site on weapons and tools
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/elanorah/abartif.htm
Aboriginal Plant Use and Technology
Plants used for tools and weapons from the Australian National Botanic Gardens
http://www.anbg.gov.au/education/pdfs/
aborigainal_plant_use_and_technology.pdf
Aboriginal Technology
Aboriginal Technology - boomerangs
http://www.questacon.edu.au/html/aboriginal_technology.html
