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		Readings 1. Aboriginal people of NSW It is known from the work of archaeologists that human occupation of Australia dates back at least 60000 years. These readings give a brief history. History Reading 1A Before 1788 Reading 1B First contacts Reading 1C The Frontier War Reading 1D Under the Act Reading 1E 1967 - 1997 Aboriginal Australia Aboriginal People of NSW Produced by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission 1997 (c) Commonwealth of Australia 1997 ISBN 0 664 10152 0 Culture Reading 1F Rainbow Serpent 2. The Legacy of History "It is important that we understand the legacy of Australia' s history, us it helps to explain the deep sense of injustice felt by Aboriginal people, their disadvantaged status today and their current attitudes towards non-Aboriginal people and society...." Chapter 10 of Volume 2 of the National Report Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Reading 2A : Aboriginal Society Prior to the British Arrival Reading 2B : The Dispossession of Aboriginal People Reading 2C : Frontier Period: Diseases and Violence Reading 2D : Police Reading 2E : Aboriginal People and the Law Royal Commission in Aboriginal Deaths in Custody National Report, Volume 2, Chapter 10 Australian government Publishing Service Canberra 1991 Full report available on the web. 3 Jack McPhee's story The ramifications of the choice about seeking exemption status are well described by Jack McPhee, who speaks of the period in Western Australia between 1939 and 1941. Reading 3 : Jack Mchee 4 Edward Eyre - An explorer The famous explorer Edward Eyre set out to explain why Aborigines attacked frontier settlers. He gave seven reasons. EJ. Eyre, Journals of Expeditions of discovery etc., 2 vol., London, 1845 Reading 4 : Edward Eyre 5. An Aboriginal community member Personally I am always talking about my colour and our culture, how blacks deal with things, how we think, how we feel and they try to be understanding about that. An Aboriginal community members speaks about experiences of services. Reading 5 : Aboriginal community member 6. CEO of an Aboriginal organisations Some organization don’t understand the needs of Aboriginal people, and all the cultural awareness in the world is not going to change that, because they have their minds set in government departments on how Aboriginal people are supposed to be. A CEO of an Aboriginal organisation talks about services. Reading 6 : CEO of Aboriginal organisation 7 Paul Keating’s Redfern Speech This speech, on indigenous issues, was given by the then Prime Minister of Australia, Paul Keating, at Redfern Park in Sydney on 10 December 1992 (For non-Australians, Redfern is an inner city suburb of Sydney with an historically large Aboriginal population). Australian Launch of the International Year for the World's Indigenous People Reading 7 : Paul Keating 8 Bringing them Home - History Reading 8A NSW practices 1788 - 1936 Reading 8B Assimilation 1937-1975 Reading 8C Towards self-management Reading 8D Jennifer's story Bringing them Home Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission April 1997 Full report available on the web. Note: Link-Up is an Aboriginal organization founded in 1980 and based in New South Wales. Link-Up works with Aboriginal adults who were separated from their families when they were children. They may have been raised by non-Aboriginal people in institutions, private homes or foster homes or adoptive homes. 9 Bringing them Home - Children's experiences Reading 9 Children's experiences Bringing them Home Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission April 1997 Full report available on the web. 10. The historical and sociopolitical of Aboriginal mental health Not only did white settlement bring such social disintegration but it brought enormous loss, trauma and grief Reading 10 Loss Trauma and Grief Ways Forward National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Policy National Consultancy Report by P. Swan and B. Raphael 11. The Upper Hunter History of Aboriginal and European contact This web site was developed within the Upper Hunter Community. The following are some of the stories of Aboriginal and European contact Reading 11A Aboriginal people in the Hunter Valley Reading 11B First contact in the Upper Hunter Valley Reading 11C The Trial of Lieutenant Nathaniel Lowe Reading 11D The Impact of dispossession Reading 11E Caroona and St Heliers Reading 11F St Clair (Mount Olive), Caroona and the Aborigines Inland Mission Reading 11G Railway tents, 14 pound hammers and assimilation Reading 11H Aboriginal Men, Private Contractors and Liddell Power Station Reading 11I No Time like the Present: A personal note from Deirdre Heitmeyer Reading 11J Muswellbrook Shire Council document for Reconciliation Statement of Princip 12. Upper Hunter Rock paintings The term rock painting is used to describe Aboriginal art were materials have been applied to a rock surface to make a design or picture. These may be elaborate, multi layered and profuse or more simple, like the western concept of a drawing. Paintings and drawings on rock surfaces are found across Australia. There are numerous sites in the Upper Hunter: Reading 12A Introduction to Rock Art Reading 12B Hands on Rock Reading 12C Biame 13. Glen Morris My name is Glen Morris. I was born in 1951 in Kempsey on the Mid-North Coast of NSW. Me family lived on a Reserve there called Burnt Bridge. There was four of us in the family, me elder sister, meself, younger sister and younger brother. My father worked at the Golf Links as Green Keeper at Kempsey. Reading 13A : Burnt Bridge, The Welfare Board, Doctors Reading 13B : Discrimination - swimming, movies, education and jobs Reading 13C: Living on the Reserve in Armidale 1950s/60s Reading 13D: Traditional knowledge 14. Tiddalik the Frog Tiddalik is the key character in one of the most widely related dreaming stories on the eastern seaboard of Australia. Reading 12D: Tiddalik 15. Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples House of Representatives Parliament House, Canberra 13 February 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd I move: That today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. We reflect on their past mistreatment. Reading 15: Parliamentary Apology