Indigenous Education
The Victorian Education Minister, Bronwyn Pike, launched a new education Strategy for Koorie Students in February 2008. The link below will lead to the strategy document.
Wannik
Learning Together - Journey to our Future
http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/govrel/Policy/wannik.pdf
CPTAV has collated a rich but by no means complete selection of indigenous education resources for Victorian teachers and students.
Metropolitan Melbourne site visits may include:
The Crime and Justice Experience
Auspiced by the National Trust of Victoria, within the Old Melbourne Magistrates Court, students are challenged to explore the often-confronting complexities of law and justice in past and present Australian communities.
In a Koorie Court set, students participate in a simulation of an actual Koorie Court courtroom drama - “You will be tried by your elders”. Working from scripts based on a recent trial (and with the permission of all those who were involved), students experience the powerful complexities of a justice system, established as it was by white men, but adapted to be culturally and ethically appropriate for indigenous Australians. Ricky’s case explores many issues which are both provocative and confronting.
See the Trust web site for further information
- http://www.nattrust.com.au/education/old_melbourne_gaol_crime_justice_experience/courtroom_dramas
Indigenous Galleries of The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria at Federation Square
The art of Indigenous Australia comes from the world’s longest continuing art tradition. Located in country of the Kulin nation, the NGV’s Indigenous Galleries acknowledge the power, dominance and cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and represent some of its major historical and contemporary moments.
The galleries encompass works across a range of media by both male and female artists and celebrate contemporary innovation. The works displayed challenge preconceived notions of what constitutes ‘authentic’ or ‘traditional’ Indigenous art. The displays change regularly to feature different aspects of the NGV’s rich collection that represents most of the art producing communities across Australia.
- www.ngv.vic.gov.au/ngvaustralia
The Koorie Heritage Trust
Walkin' Birrarung - Yarra River Cultural Tour
This unique walk gives participants a sense of a small, but significant portion of the ancestral lands of the Kulin people. Walkin’ Birrarung is a journey back through time exploring the dramatic and irrevocable changes of both the people and the place. A multiple sensory experience that evokes the memories of a vibrant natural, and cultural landscape.
A memory that now lies beneath our urban existence today.
- http://www.koorieheritagetrust.com/
Indigenous Collections of Bunjilaka Museum located with the Museum of Victoria
The Indigenous Cultures collections comprise internationally significant collections of indigenous art, ethnographic artefacts, archaeological items, photographs, archival documents, and film and sound recordings.
- http://museumvictoria.com.au/Bunjilaka/
An important Conference
The World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education (WIPC:E)Melbourne, December, 2008
This
is a triennial conference of international significance that attracts peoples from around the globe to celebrate and share diverse cultures, traditions and knowledge with a focus on world Indigenous education. The purpose of WIPC:E is to provide a forum to come together, share and learn and promote best practice in Indigenous education policies, programs and practice.
- http://www.wipce2008.com/conf_program/index.html
Aboriginal Advancement League in Victoria
Part of this City of Yarra web site gives the history and contact details of the Aboriginal Advancement League in Victoria.
- http://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/rates/Aboriginal%20Affairs/Aboriginal%20Fitzroy/Advancement%20league.asp
- http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/ for a brief autobiography of Gary Foley
- http://www.vaeai.org.au/ for an introduction to the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association
A web contact which gives a history of aboriginal catholic ministry.
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