Custom Search

Aboriginal Australia: History, Culture, and Conflict __ "Aborigines are Australia's indigenous people. Recent government statistics counted approximately 400,000 aboriginal people, or about 2% of Australia's total population." You will find a lot more. - From Infoplease - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aboriginal1.html

Aboriginal Culture __ "At contact there was no single, homogeneous Aboriginal society. Groups differed in aspects of their cultural and social organisation, and in the Northern Territory alone, over 100 different languages were spoken. These were separate languages, as unlike one another as French and Russian." You can how regional variations continue even today in a series of articles covering a wide range of topics. - illustrated - From Aboriginalart.com - http://aboriginalart.com.au/culture/

Aboriginal Languages of Australia __ An extensive website about the native languages of Australia. - From David Nathan - http://www.dnathan.com/VL/austLang.htm

Australian Aborigines __ This page will focuses on the legends and astronomy of Australian aborigines in conjunction with the Archaeoastronomy class at Pomona College. - From Alexander N. Smith - http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/archeo/Other%20student%20web%20sites/Alex%20N%20Smith/aborigines/ 

Australian Aborigines are Going Back to their Homeland - PRAVDA __ A news article about the Australian aborigines return to the land. - From Pravada - http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/369/745_australia.html

Culture Training Manual for Medical Workers in Aboriginal Communities __ A manual for health care workers where you can learn a lot about the cultural differences between the aborigine and people of European origin. You will find click-to-read articles and much more. - From Flinders University - http://www.medicineau.net.au/AbHealth/contents.html

Indigenous Australians at War __ This website is about Australian Aboriginal servicemen in the defense of Australia. there is a lot of information including stories, history, roll of honor, medals and awards, memorials, exhibitions and much more. - illustrated - From Garth O'Connell - http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/statuepark/620/

A Room for Aboriginal Australia __ Website dedicated to the atrocities against the Australian aboriginals. You will find some quite controversial material and the site may not be appropriate for younger students. - illustrated - From The Web Inquirer Investigative Magazine - http://inquirer.gn.apc.org/aborig3.html

Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines Index __ A collection of Australian aboriginal stories. "The tales and folklore are recounted factually, but the book has a few racist overtones, so the reader is encouraged to be alert. The author doesn't even pretend to have had any direct contact with actual Aborigines: this should be considered a secondary text at best." - From Sacred-texts.com - http://www.sacred-texts.com/aus/mla/index.htm

Stories of the Dreaming __ The stories come from the cultures of Indigenous Australians and have been collected from all over Australia. They reflect an essential part of the life of Indigenous Australians. - From the Australian Museum - http://www.dreamtime.net.au/

Traditional Diets & Australian Aborigines - Living off the fat of the land __ "Of all the peoples visited by Weston Price during his historic research expeditions of the 1930s, none elicited as much awe as the Australian Aborigines, whom he described as “a living museum preserved from the dawn of animal life on the earth.” For Price, the Aborigines represented the paradigm of moral and physical perfection." You can read the full text. - From Weston A. Price Foundation - http://www.westonaprice.org/traditional_diets/australian_aborigines.html

Use of Insects by Australian Aborigines, Cultural Entomology Digest __ Learn about aboriginal history and the ways they used insects in their cultures. "Aborigines were completely at home in their surroundings and had no trouble "living off the land." This was mainly because of their intimate knowledge of the topography and natural resources of their tribal territories, and their complete understanding of the habits of the animals they hunted. The Australian aborigines extensively used insects from their surroundings as food, medicine, and as part of their cultural beliefs." - From Insects on the Web - http://www.insects.org/ced1/aust_abor.html

Welcome to Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation __ "an Aboriginal owned and operated organisation created to assist Cape York Aboriginal communities to work towards self reliance. Balkanu recognises the need for Aboriginal people to achieve self sufficiency through economic development. Balkanu is a nuts and bolts organisation working closely with Aboriginal Community Councils, community corporations and larger regional bodies" - illustrated - From Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation - http://www.balkanu.com.au/

Welcome to Wadeye Aboriginal Community __ Learn about a community which spends much of the year in isolation. "Wadeye (pronounced Wad-air) (Port Keats) is a tribal Aboriginal Catholic community situated on the western edge of the Daly River Reserve in the Northern Territory. Flying time is around 50 minutes. During the wet season Wadeye is cut off from the outside world for up to five (5) months." - illustrated - From Wadeye Aboriginal Community - http://www.indiginet.com.au/wadeye/ 

Custom Search