Cultural Warning:Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are informed that this website may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or printed material, and/or links to such material in other sources. Some material may contain references or terms that reflect a range of authors’ views, from contemporary sources and from historical sources. Sometimes, the period in which the material was written or recorded reflects perspectives, opinions, attitudes and terminology that may not be considered appropriate today. Such views and language are not necessarily the views and language of the Minutes of Evidence project, nor of constituent partners such as the Department of Education and Training, the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated and Social Education Victoria. Any materials that may not reflect contemporary understanding and attitudes (but that are historically significant and relevant to the requirements of the curriculum) should be carefully mediated by educators to ensure that such materials are adequately contextualised and scaffolded for students in a careful and sensitive way.
Materials for the study of our shared history.This set of teacher and student resources has been produced by Social Education Victoria under the auspices of the Department of Education and Training (Vic) and the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated.
This Teacher Resource Package (TRP) is one of several outcomes of the collaborations made possible through The Minutes Of Evidence Project: Promoting new and collaborative ways of understanding Australia's past and engaging with structural justice (Australian Research Council Linkage project: LP 110200054). As The Minutes of Evidence project website details, the project sheds light on a little-known chapter of Victoria's past, the 1881 Parliamentary Inquiry into the Aboriginal Reserve at Coranderrk, in order to spark public conversations about history and structural justice, and to raise awareness about the importance of collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to promote a just and shared future. The project creates 'meeting points' in schools, on Country, in theatres and between scholars, so that the nation's past — and present — can be explored, shared and interrogated in new and engaging ways. |
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A link to this site, together with the various audio/video and written materials that comprise this resource, is housed on FUSE (Find, Use, Share Education) - a Department of Education and Training (Victoria) digital repository and sharing space. It contains websites, images, video, audio, interactives, documents and other rich media types with all resources tagged according to school audience. A filmed version of the verbatim play, Coranderrk: we will show the country, has been produced specifically for this resource. Teachers and students are able to stream or download the video clips, scene by scene, for use in their humanities classrooms. In addition, interviews with writers and the cast of this production have been provided to offer important background and context to the production. Click HERE for access.
Using this resource as part of the curriculumSocial Education Victoria, in consultation and engagement with Indigenous and non-Indigenous stakeholders, has produced these curriculum modules and teaching resources to assist teachers to address issues raised through the Minutes of Evidence project, in particular the effects of the past in the present and possibilities for a different future with regards to just relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Victoria.
The history engaged with in this resource is for all Victorians (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) AND importantly not limited to those who were/are part of Coranderrk. While Coranderrk is a central element, and the land on which it exists is Wurundjeri, it is essential that we also consider Indigenous perspectives that go beyond any one perspective. For example, there were other reserves/missions in Victoria – and Indigenous people from other communities and areas, from across Australia - which were/are involved in the broader narrative. This resource has been designed for use with the Victorian Curriculum, see: http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au It is especially focused on the Years 9 and 10 levels for the Humanities (History and Civics & Citizenship) subjects. Resources on this site have been linked to the relevant strands of History where possible, (namely 'Historical Concepts and Skills' and 'Historical Knowledge') and Civics and Citizenship (namely 'Government and Democracy', 'Laws and Citizens', and 'Citizenship, Diversity and Identity'). |
Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country:
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Protocols for Koorie education in Victorian
primary & secondary schools
protocols_for_koorie_education_in_victoria__vaeai_2016_.pdf |