Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resources

Provides a historical account of colonial planning practices and rewrites the urban planning histories of major Australian cities, including discussion of land rights, native title and cultural heritage. Could be used for challenging status quo, considering alternate ways of structuring thought.

Discusses how Aboriginal peoples have and continue to use land for farming, cultivation and the economy. Could be used for challenging status quo, considering alternate understandings.

Explores new connections between Indigenous knowledge of place and digital geospatial technologies. Could be used for connecting and considering new ways of learning and understanding.

Reflections and techniques to embed Indigenous perspectives and knowledges in university geography courses. Could be used for finding examples or prompts for reflection, assessment, or class topics.

This map attempts to represent the language, social or nation groups of Aboriginal Australia. It shows only the general locations of larger groupings of people which may include clans, dialects or individual languages in a group. Could be used for prompting for self-reflection, assessment, challenging understandings.

Discusses Aboriginal weather knowledge/physical geography. Could be used for learning about Indigenous knowledges, embedding Indigenous knowledges.