A comprehensive, relevant, and accessible look at all aspects of Indigenous Australian history and culture

Indigenous Australia For Kids For Dummies is here to enlighten you about the history, struggles and triumphs of the diverse peoples that make up Australia's Indigenous communities. Did you know that Australia is home to the world's oldest culture? Experience 60,000 years of history and culture, plus, get right up-to-the-minute, with amazing facts about Indigenous sports and entertainment figures and info on what matters to Indigenous peoples today.

This interactive book has loads of features that will engage and excite readers aged 10-15 years old - and their teachers and parents! Featuring profiles of celebrated Indigenous people like Cathy Freeman and Albert Namatjira, as well as fun research projects and hands-on activities that bring Indigenous Australia to life. Ever wanted to connect with your local Indigenous communities? This book will give you ideas about how you can connect with First Nations peoples and other interactive ways to extend your learning out of the book.

• Discover the rich culture, long history and special values of the world's oldest race

• Learn about Indigenous art, song, dance, literature and contributions to contemporary Australia

• Impress friends and family with your knowledge of Australian colonisation and Indigenous rights

• Figure out what's going on in the lives of Indigenous Australians today - and bust the most common myths

  This book is perfect for young readers who want to appreciate and understand the diverse, proud, and fascinating peoples that make up Australia's Indigenous communities.

  Autorentext

Professor Larissa Behrendt is Distinguished Professor of the Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology, Sydney. An award-winning author and director, she is also the host of Speaking Out on ABC Radio.

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A kid-friendly intro to Australia's Indigenous cultures

The Indigenous peoples that live in what we now call Australia share extraordinary histories. Now you can learn about these cultures, and how they've shaped modern Australian society, with this fun and fascinating guide to the economies, art, spirituality and politics of the Indigenous peoples of Australia. You can learn about things like The Dreaming, what a corroboree is and how Australia's past shapes the realities that Indigenous people experience today. Discover the Indigenous Australian culture that surrounds you and how you can contribute to a world we all aspire to live in. Inside

• Understand Indigenous history
• Learn traditional customs
• Discover the impact of colonialism
• Enjoy new Indigenous art

• Examine contemporary issues* The fun and easy way for kids to learn new skills on their own!Or with a little help from friends, family, and teachers.**

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  Foreword by Cathy Freeman xi

  Introduction 1

  About This Book 1

  Foolish Assumptions 2

  Icons Used in This Book 3

  Where to Go from Here 3

  Part 1: An Ancient People: Then and Now 5

  Chapter 1: Understanding Indigenous Australia 7

  Indigenous Cultures: Then and Now 8

  There Goes the Neighbourhood 11

  Fighting Back 13

  New Problems for an Old Culture 16

  Doing It for Ourselves 18

  Chapter 2: Rich Past, Strong Traditions 19

  The First Australians 20

  65,000 Years of Tradition 21

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations Today 24

  A Note about the Torres Strait Islands 30

  Saying G'Day 32

  Opening an Event: Welcome to Country 34

  Defining the Identity of an Aboriginal Person or a Torres Strait Islander 37

  Chapter 3: A Land of Cultural Diversity 43

  Exploring the Indigenous Relationship to Land 44

  Celebrating Cultural Diversity 46

  Kinship and Totemic Systems 49

  Talking Languages 52

  Coming Together 56

  Maintaining Links to Traditional Country 58

  Chapter 4: Traditional Cultural Values and Practices 63

  Going Back to the Dreamtime 64

  Indigenous Worldviews 68

  Living with Nature 71

  Looking to the Skies 79

  Controlling the Environment 80

  Modern Cultural Values 82

  Caring for Country 84

  Part 2: Invasion 85

  Chapter 5: First Contacts 87

  Looking for the Unknown Southern Land: Contact before 1770 88

  Landing in Australia: Cook's Arrival 91

  Establishing a British Colony 95

  Seeing through Indigenous Eyes: Perspectives on the Arrival 95

  Chapter 6: The Brits' First Colony: 1788 97

  Captain Phillip and the First Fleet 98

  Starting a Penal Colony 100

  Seeing How the Locals Dealt with the New Arrivals 104

  Chapter 7: The Loss of People and the Land 113

  Opening Up the Land: White Settlement Spreads 114

  Spreading Disease Far and Wide 114

  Meeting Aboriginal Resistance 115

  Growing the British Colony 120

  Dealing with Frontier Conflict 127

  Ignoring Prior Ownership: No Treaties 138

  Chapter 8: Taking the Children 141

  Examining the Ideology of Assimilation 142

  Rules for the Removal Policy 146

  Acknowledging the Stolen Generations 150

  Unfinished Business: Reparations and Compensation 156

  Part 3: Indigenous Activism 165

  Chapter 9: Citizenship Rights and a Referendum 167

  Early Claims to Better Treatment 168

  British Subjects, but Not Quite 173

  Leaving Indigenous People Out of the Constitution 177

  War Heroes: Frontier Wars and Beyond 180

  Still Denied Equality 185

  Not Taking It Lying Down 187

  Steps towards Equality 190

  The Freedom Ride 190

  The Referendum is Announced 194

  Chapter 10: From Apology to Uluru 199

  A New Government A New Era? 200

  The Intervention Continues 204

  Finding a National Voice 209

  Part 4: Contemporary Indigenous Cultures 215

  Chapter 11: Indigenous People and Sport 217

  A (Traditional) Sporting Life 218

  Playing Them at Their Own Games 222

  Slipping on the Whites: Cricket 224

  Stepping Up in the Boxing Ring 227

  We Love Our Footy! 232

  Track and Field 246

  Championing Other Sports 248

  Chapter 12: More Than Rocks and Dots: Indigenous Art 255

  Understanding the Role of Art in Indigenous Cultures 256 Looking at Indigenous Art around Australia 26...