Astronomy, English, Year 5
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples maintain complex oral traditions, which include song and dance, that serve as oral texts, containing important information about traditional Laws.
Fire, English, Year 6
Methods for documenting and communicating traditional knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples include single disciple and interdisciplinary research projects designed to capture specific knowledge traditions expressed in Indigenous languages, recording oral histories and stories, and making images, videos, diagrams and maps to communicate Indigenous knowledge.
Astronomy, English, Year 8
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to navigate across vast areas of land and sea, sophisticated knowledge systems were necessary. Their terrestrial and astronomical knowledge was remembered in cultural expressions, such song series (or song lines) which provided memory maps used to travel long distances across the landscape or seas. These songs and their rhythm (which are often composed of different languages) aided travellers crossing the land, telling them where to find food, water, and shelter by using landscape and skyscape features.
Fire, English, Year 9
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fire management practices are represented in a range of formats including text, film and video, digital technology, photographs, images and maps. Each approach uses different techniques to create context and to influence the audience.
Water, English, Year 4
The Rainbow Serpent is an Aboriginal ancestral cultural being that feature in many Aboriginal peoples’ cultural stories and songs. It has also been interpreted and represented in different ways in a number of contemporary texts.
Water, English, Year 10
The presence of the Woi-wurrung language in the Victorian parliament’s Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017 is an example of how the use of language can have inclusive social effects.
Water, English, Year 5
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples maintain complex oral traditions, which include song and dance, that serve as oral texts, containing important information about traditional Laws.