TEACHING AND LEARNING
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Which history?

Since that white invasion, Aboriginal people have been only too aware of what has happened to their country and their peoples. Efficient trade and information routes ensured that Aboriginal people on one side of the country knew what was happening on the other side (say from 'Darwin' to 'Adelaide' - a distance of 3000 kilometres / 2000 miles) even before those places were connected by telegraph.

For other examples, see the timeline of the Adnyamathanha people since invasion. Similar timelines are incuded in the books listed in pack F.

After hundreds of years of neglect, academic understanding of Aboriginal history has been growing steadily of late, and there is an wide range of excellent books that tell this story.

Since gaining citizenship (in 1967) and the right to better education, there has been an explosion of writing in Aboriginal languages as well as English.

Some best sellers are...

For adults (usually because of 'adult themes' - particularly descriptions of violent massacres etc).

• Eric Wilmott Pemulwuy The Rainbow Warrior
• Henry Reynolds The Other Side of the Frontier
• Henry Reynolds Dispossession: Black Australians and White Invaders
• Bruce Elder Blood on the Wattle: Massacres and Maltreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788

Search for them in the book shop under title or authour

For young people

• Allan Tucker Side by Side
• Allan Tucker Homelands and Frontiers

To purchase these items, search by title or author in the shop. 

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