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How do First Nations Peoples describe their connection to Country?

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What do you already know about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples?

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First Australians: They Have Come to Stay - Life before contact, Episode 1 | NFSA

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Narrator Rachel Perkins re-tells stories from the Dreamtime and historian Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nation, historian Professor Janet McCalman and writer Bruce Pascoe of Boonwurrung Heritage weigh in on the unique prehistory experience of Australian Indigenous peoples. Summary by Sophia Sambono.

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Investigate the AIATSIS map using the link provided. Complete the following tasks

1. Individual task- Locate your local Nation. Research the name of the people group an language from that area.

2. Pair-share- What did you find interesting/ surprising about this activity?

3. Report your findings back to class.

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'What was before Lord Vestey born and I born? It was blackfella country.' Vincent Lingiari (Wattie Creek 1966)

Australia's First Peoples have been living on the Australian continent for millenia.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia is made up of many different and distinct groups, each with their own culture, customs, language and laws. They are the world's oldest surviving culture; cultures that continue to be expressed in dynamic and contemporary ways.

The AIATSIS map serves as a visual reminder of the richness and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia. It was created in 1996 as part of the Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia project and attempts to show language, social or nation groups based on published sources available up to 1994.

The map shows only the general locations of larger groups of people which may include smaller groups. There are also variations in the way that some language or group names are spelt. You can view some of these alternate spellings on the list of alternate spellings for names on the AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia below.

Note that the borders between groups are purposefully represented as slightly blurred and are not meant to be exact. Some of the information shown on the map is contested and may not be agreed to by some traditional custodians - the map isn't suitable for native title or other land claims.

The map isn't the only source of information; if you would like more information about Australian Indigenous languages please see our Austlang database. The National Native Title Tribunal also produces maps that show native title claims determinations.

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The AIATSIS map serves as a visual reminder of the richness and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: first Peoples of Australia, who have their own cultures, languages and histories.

Country: the land that an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person comes from, and which holds a special meaning.

custodians: people who have the responsibility for caring and looking after something.

Dreaming/ Dreamtime- First Nation stories and spirituality that encompasses the creation of the world, origins of life and the spiritual reality that connects people, land and all living things.

First Nations people: a term used in Australia for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The same term is similarly used to identify First Peoples in other countries; for example, First Nations Peoples of Canada.

kinship: the First Nation system that defines relationships, responsibilities and obligations between individuals.

prehistory: a European history term that refers to times that happened before written records.

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