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First Australians and Early Settlers eLibrary Text

Whole Class Activities ==Watch: First Australians – Episode 1, They Have Come to Stay (2008)  ==

Discuss: Discuss the term ‘First Australians’ and who this might refer to. Ask students to complete Reproducible 1: First Australians fact finder to explain their understandings about different aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s heritage and culture.

Watch: __Wurundjeri ‘Welcome to Country’__ video and __'Welcome to Country' Traditional Indigenous ceremony__ (below)

Discuss: What is the meaning of the smoke and why are visitors offered a leaf from the manna gum? Have you participated in or observed a Welcome to Country? What traditions can you see? media type="file" key="Wominjeka (Welcome to Country) - Joy Murphy.mp4" media type="file" key="'Welcome to Country' Traditional Indigenous ceremony.mp4"

Activity 1: Worksheet in response to the videos above.

Activity 2: PDF of text: 

Activity 3 Interactive Map  Complete Reproducible 2 : Place and language table 

Activity 4 Storytelling in Art Anthology Pages 18 and 19



Activity 5 Individual Investigation of BIG questions.