First Nations Countries of Australia
Use an indicative map to recognise that Australia is made up of the many Countries/Places of First Nations Australians, which existed before colonisation and continue today, each with its own people and languages
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Australia supports First Nations Countries of Australia. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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- Use an indicative map of First Nations Australia (e.g. the AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia) to explain that there were hundreds of First Nations Countries/Places before colonisation, that they and people's connections to them continue today, and that the map shows general areas rather than exact, fixed boundaries
- Find the general area of the Country/Place the school is on and name its people, using information the school has confirmed
- Compare the indicative map with a map of states and territories and explain that they represent Australia in different ways, with boundaries that do not match
“Has your child seen the map of First Nations Countries of Australia — and can they explain that these Countries existed long before the states and still continue today?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Representational
- Subject
- Geography
- Domain
- Places & Environments
- Age range
- Ages 8–9
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