Essential Learnings & Understandings

This section of the website is intended primarily for teachers when planning and implementing units of work in Indigenous Studies.

Presented under each of the themes/topics below are a number of statements which act as background notes for teachers, as well as the 'knowledge' or 'content' components of student learning.

Koorie People Today

Koorie life in the Pre-Contact era

Contact and Colonisation: The Early Years

On Sacred Ground: Learning about The Dreaming and Aboriginal Beliefs

Aboriginal Mission Stations and Reserves in Victoria

Resistance and Survival

The Land We Share

Land, Law and Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Art

Indigenous Australians: The Struggle for Justice

• Introduction
• Essential Learnings & Understandings
  • Koorie People Today
  • Koorie Life in the Pre-Contact Era
  • Contact and Colonisation: The Early Years
  • On Sacred Ground: Learning about The Dreaming and Aboriginal Beliefs
  • Aboriginal Mission Stations and Reserves in Victoria
  • Resistance and Survival
  • The Land We Share
  • Land, Law and Indigenous Australians
  • Indigenous Art
  • Indigenous Australians: The Struggle for Justice
• VELS
• Inquiry Learning (Primary Lessons)
• Inquiry Learning (Secondary)
• Key Resources
• School Initiatives