Ngarrngga resources made by educators for educators in collaboration with Indigenous Knowledge Experts.
Resources can be searched by year level or by subject areas: English, Health & PE, Humanities, Mathematics, Science, Technologies and The Arts.
Cross-referenced with the Victorian and Australian Curriculums.
The Orb celebrates Tasmanian Aboriginal people and the interconnections between Country, culture, identity, and Community.The Orb features interviews with Tasmanian Aboriginal Community members. It provides teachers with Australian Curriculum aligned resources to assist the teaching of Tasmanian Aboriginal histories and cultures.
Knowledge on the land: Two-ways learning through Yolŋu mathematics (16 mins 2017)
Deep Learning. Teaching mathematics from an Aboriginal Perspective (58 mins, 2020)
ACEMS - ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical & Statistical Frontiers
Podcast: Wellbeing as we know it now has been constructed from a Western perspective, so what does the oldest continuing culture in the world have to say about methods of wellbeing? On Noongar Wellbeing, Ballardong Whadjuk Noongyar woman Brooke Collard yarns with six Elders, exploring their ideas on creating the tools to care for yourself and your community.
ICTV enables the sharing of cultural stories, song and dance, language and essential information through two accessible platforms—our television service and our on-demand internet-based service—and by producing and supporting the production of video content in remote communities. Our content is created for, and by, Indigenous Australians living in remote communities.
Short videos select from: Our way, Our culture, Young way, Our tucker, Our music, Our sport, Spiritual way, Live TV and playlists.
NAIDOC Week Indigenous Public Diplomacy Australian Federal Government
Astronomy :Sky country by 
Country : future fire, future farming
CSIRO Indigenous Knowledge - including Indigenous seasonal calendars
Bureau of Meteorology Indigenous Weather Knowledge
The Conversation April 2023
"The First Nations cultures of Australia – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders – speak over 250 distinct languages and stretch back for over 65,000 years. This makes the First Australians the oldest astronomers and the oldest continuing cultures in the world. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people developed a number of practical ways to observe the Sun, Moon and stars to inform navigation, calendars, and predict weather."
Aboriginal Astronomy - interview with Karlie Alinta Noon
Indigenous Knowledge Resources for Australian School Curricula Project
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Curricula Project is a University of Melbourne initiative which aims to empower all teachers to integrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures in their teaching using these curriculum resources that incorporate Indigenous knowledge. It contains resources for Years 3 – 10 across seven learning areas of the Australian Curriculum (English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, The Arts, Technologies and Health and Physical Education).
Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Education
The Narragunnawali online platform is free to access and provides practical ways to introduce meaningful reconciliation initiatives in the classroom, around the school and with the community. Through the Narragunnawali platform, schools and early learning services can develop a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), and teachers and educators can access professional learning and curriculum resources to support the implementation of reconciliation initiatives.
AIATSIS Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
The AIATSIS Collection contains more than one million items, including books, audio, photographic, manuscript, moving image and art and object material, related to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories.
CSIRO Living Stem : connecting indigenous knowledge to the classroom
Living STEM supports primary and secondary school teachers to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scientific knowledges in the school learning program through hands-on inquiry projects to increase student engagement and achievement in STEM.
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander perspectives: resources
The QCAA has developed a range of materials to support the inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into the school curriculum.
The National Indigenous Times is Australia’s leading news media organisation for Indigenous affairs. A daily news website, offering rigorous and fearless reporting on the issues that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The NIT is a 100% Indigenous-owned business.
Mapping Aboriginal Melbourne City of Melbourne
This interactive map reveals something of Aboriginal peoples’ deep connection to this Country, the City of Melbourne, and significant events and experiences since colonisation.
William Barak building, Melbourne ARM Architects
Elizabeth Quay, Perth ARM Architects. The design was inspired by the Wagyl, or rainbow serpent, an egg of the Noongar mythology.
Uluru Kata-Tjuta Cultural Centre, Northern Territory Gregory Burgess Architects
Indigenous Architecture and Design Australia
IADA recognises the immense value that Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Architects and Designers bring to our society. It seeks to amplify their voices and promote their expertise, advocating for the recognition of their unique perspective, cultural knowledge, and contributions.
Articles:
Reconciliation through architecture: A chance to build on the past Sarah Lynn Rees Monash University 2020
Melbourne’s new William Barak building is a cruel juxtaposition The Conversation 2015
Design : building on country
Melbourne Dreaming by 5 Indigenous feats you should know about. Australian Geographic
The Kimberly Raft
Thuwarri Thaa Aboriginal ochre mine
Budj Bim eel traps
Yidaki / Didgeridoo
Brewarrina fish traps
Design : Building a country by Songlines : The power and promise by Sharing Stories Foundation collection of animated First Nation stories.
SharingStories Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation led by a passionate board with majority First Nations representation. We collaborate with First Nations communities to protect and grow language, stories and cultural heritage.
This project aims to provide fifty words in every Indigenous language of Australia. The words are provided online with community permission, and with audio provided by a language speaker. The languages and words are displayed on a map of Australia so that users can easily find the information relevant to their local area. Resourced by the Research Unit of Indigenous Language and supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language.
Aboriginal Change Makers is a teaching resource for Victorian schools that presents amazing stories of political and social activity, self-determination and empowerment. Also has information and links to videos about life on the missions.
Items are constantly being added to the Library collection.
Check out the Indigenous histories and culture reading list
Aboriginal Songlines Helped Draw the Map in Australia National Geographic Education blog 2016
