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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 09:23
Indigenous Australians Recognised in NSW Constitution
The New South Wales constitution now recognises Aboriginal people as the first people in the state, after the Premier introduced a new bill into parliament today.
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New South Wales News
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 10:13
Bluer Rather Than Pinker
Before I knew that school buses were yellow, I experienced them as tangerine. I argued with my betters about this. If a good part of education is training the judgment to accept the consensus view, then I was educated to understand what adults were convinced of: that school buses are…
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New South Wales News
Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:13
Israel Sponsors Dubbo Indigenous Languages Hub
The Embassy of Israel is financing an IT centre that will give Indigenous Australians a new way to share their traditional stories.
The Allira Aboriginal Knowledge IT Centre opens in Dubbo today.
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New South Wales News
Wednesday, 18 August 2010 08:08
Teaching Children to Read the Aboriginal World
Dog school
Wanja is a riot of a story — ten pages, 114 words — about a blue heeler who lives on The Block in Sydney's Redfern. The book was written by Aboriginal elder Aunty Barb Stacey and illustrated by Adam Hill. Their Wanja is a streak of movement against…
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New South Wales News
Friday, 09 July 2010 12:55
School Brings Hope to The Block
The $1.2 million redevelopment of St Vincent's presbytery has been approved by City of Sydney Council and registration as a primary school has been granted by the NSW Board of Studies.
To be named Jarjum - meaning "children" in the Bundjalung language - the new school, due to open next…
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New South Wales News
Wednesday, 07 July 2010 12:29
Jesuits to Open New School in Redfern
A new, tuition-free Jesuit primary school for Aboriginal children is set to open its doors in Sydney in 2011, providing disadvantaged children with a quality, holistic education which responds to the needs of local families and draws from the students' own culture.
The Rector of St Aloysius' College, Milsons Point,…
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New South Wales News
Friday, 02 July 2010 14:55
Gumbaynggirr Language
Learn to speak the traditional language of the Gumbaynggirr people.
Gumbaynggirr language is traditionally spoken between the Nambucca River in the south (southern dialect) and the Clarence River in the north (northern dialect) and west past Guyra (tablelands region).
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New South Wales News
Wednesday, 30 June 2010 09:10
Bringing Aboriginal Culture into the Classroom
THEY'RE educating the educators hoping it will lead to better learning for Aboriginal children.
The Campbelltown Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, the local arm of a non-profit advisory body, held its first ``cultural immersion'' training for teachers last week.
A group of 25 teachers from Campbelltown schools took part in the…
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New South Wales News
Wednesday, 24 March 2010 12:55
Aboriginal People Fighting System Failure
Aboriginal services workers and community members from across the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions held a “community issues workshop” on March 17.
More than 40 people attended and shared harrowing stories of the real and everyday challenges faced by Aboriginal people in areas such as health, employment, education and law.
The…
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New South Wales News
Monday, 15 February 2010 14:02
NSW Department of Education and Training, Aboriginal Languages Newsletter
Term 3 2009 Newsletter is now available.
Download your copy below.
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New South Wales News