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Suggested eBooks and Books

Resources by Subject Area

Choose a subject from the list below to find relevant books, DVDs, eBooks and other online resources.

Aboriginal Australians--Education
Aboriginal Australians--History
Aboriginal Australians--Languages
Aboriginal Australians--Psychology
Aboriginal Australians--Social life and customs
Children, Aboriginal Australian
Cultural competence
Reconciliation
Stolen generations

Suggested Web Resources

Communicating positively - a guide to appropriate Aboriginal terminology
Culturally competent teaching

Engaging with Aboriginal communities : where do we start?
NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group
School and Aboriginal community partnerships
Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and children toolkit
Working with Aboriginal people and communities : a practice resource

Aboriginal Literacy Foundation
Closing the gap in Indigenous literacy and numeracy? Not remotely - or in cities (2018)
Indigenous Literacy Foundation
Literacy and English for Koorie students
Make it count : maths and Indigenous learners

8 Aboriginal ways of learning - factsheet
8 Aboriginal ways of learning : Aboriginal pedagogy
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Aboriginal education
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) - Education
Narragunnawali
NSW Education - Aboriginal education policy and key documents
Secretariat of National Aboriginal Islander Child Care - Introduction to EYLF fact sheets (2012)
Closing the gap reports

Suggested Children's Books

Featured eVideos

The independent school model held up as the way forward for remote Indigenous education (2022)
In my blood it runs (2019)

TAFE NSW Library Guide - Aboriginal Education

Library subject guide Aboriginal education

Suggested eVideos

Aboriginal art : philosophy and culture (2012)
Embedding culture in practice for kindergarten teaching and learning (2016)
Inclusive policies (2017)
Naa Muru Gurung : 'To see a path for children' (2018)

Archie Roach Educational Resources for Schools

These resources were created in collaboration between ABC Regional & Local, The Archie Roach Foundation and Culture is Life. The Archie Roach stolen generations resources have been written by the educational advisors at culture is life.

Archie Roach: educational resources for schools

Suggested eJournals

The Australian journal of Indigenous education
Australian journal of social issues (Australian Council of Social Service)
Family matters
Youth studies Australia