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SBSC Library: Teacher Resources - First Nations Peoples

Informit Indigenous Collection database

Indigenous languages of Australia

The 50 words project aims to provide fifty words in every Indigenous language of Australia.  

Check out the interactive map to learn 50 words in palawa kani.

50 words project interactive map.

The Uluru Statement

Books with connection to people

Family by Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson

Book cover: Family.

Family is a thoughtful exploration of the different ways that family makes us whole.  Family comes in all shapes and sizes, and this remarkably simple story teaches us all that family can be many things.

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NAIDOC Week

Books with connection to language

Albert Namatjira by Vincent Namatjira

Book cover: Albert Namatjira

Award-winning artist Vincent Namatjira tells the life story of his great-grandfather, Albert Namatjira, one of Australia's most iconic artists.  Vincent's witty and moving paintings are accompanied by evocative text, which records the pivotal moments in Albert's life. The story captures triumphs and tragedy against a backdrop of social change and historical injustices.

Books with connection to place

Open your heart to country by Jasmine Seymour

Book cover: Open your heart to country.

Told in English and Dharug, Open your heart to country is a moving account of re-connection to Country from a First Nations perspective.  This picture book invites all readers to reflect on the importance of place.

Books with connection to values

Respect by Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson

Book cover: Respect.

Respect is about a way of life that is older than flickering stars.  This picture book teaches us the importance of family who show the way and how we need to listen, learn and share.