Sentences with phrase «australian indigenous cultures»

Our activities aim to raise awareness among all Australians and people worldwide of the rich and diverse Australian Indigenous cultures and histories.

The right to negotiate established by the NTA is a diminished reflection of a cultural norm common to Australian Indigenous cultures regarding the need to look after the land.

Creating and developing a diverse range of products and services about Australian Indigenous cultures.

Our mission is to promote knowledge and understanding of Australian Indigenous cultures, past and present.

Our publishing house, Aboriginal Studies Press, regularly publishes outstanding writing that promotes Australian Indigenous cultures.

Through a network of Council and its committees, staff, members and stakeholders - we comprise a diverse community who are committed to carrying out activities which affirm and raise awareness among all Australians, and people worldwide, of the rich and diverse Australian Indigenous cultures and histories.

Learn the history of Australian Indigenous culture, see wild kangaroo's, hike to spectacular waterfalls, learn to play the didgeridoo, visit Echo point and the 3 Sisters and much more, enjoying a free drink the end of the day at a travellers bar with your new mates!

we now regularly reflect on our displays and notices to ensure they acknowledge and welcome all the cultures represented in our centre and our Australian Indigenous culture

Not exact matches

Western Australian community groups have the chance to share in $ 100,000 in grants for innovative projects which promote reconciliation and respect for indigenous heritage and culture.

For some Australian distillers, the use of native botanicals is not only a way of producing a drink with a unique local flavour, but also a way of engaging with Indigenous people and culture.

Indigenous land management is a great way for integrating «Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures» and «Sustainability» into the Australian Curriculum.

Australian students» positive attitudes towards civic information, ideas and action, Indigenous cultures, and diversity have increased further according to new National Assessment Program — Civics and Citizenship (NAP - CC) data, released today.

SEIT Outback Australia invites you to educate your students in a remarkable Indigenous cultural immersion program in Central Australia, which will inspire personal insights, ask students to question what it is to be an Indigenous Australian and showcase to your students one of the world «s oldest living cultures.

Little J & Big Cuz is unique, not only because it is the first animated children's series to feature Indigenous Australians, but also because it uses television to combine strong educational content with a positive image of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and culture through the prism of the learning environment.

As the inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures is a key feature of both the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum, ACER convened a team of Indigenous educators to develop a suite of Little J & Big Cuz resources that model a way for early years educators and primary teachers to bring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into the classroom as part of daily conversations.

They envisage guests leave with a solid understanding of the local indigenous culture and an insight into how it relates to modern Australian culture.

The festival celebrates the four diverse cultures which have come together in Broome over the past century for pearls: Japanese, Malaysian, Chinese and Indigenous Australian.

Visit the virtually untouched Torres Strait Islands, the tropical melting pot of Melanesian and Indigenous Australian cultures.

Curated by Brenda Croft, formerly Senior Curator of Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Australia, Culture Warriors will be the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of contemporary Australian Indigenous art ever presented in the U.S.

Selected group exhibitions include: Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia, Harvard Art Museum, USA, 2015; Artists and Empire: Facing Britain's Imperial Past, TATE Britain, London, 2015; 18th Biennale of Sydney: all our relations, Sydney, 2012; National Indigenous Art Triennial: Culture Warriors, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2009; Beyond the Pale: Contemporary Indigenous Art, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2000; Fluent: Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Judy Watson, 47th Venice Biennale, Venice, 1997; Aratjara: Art of the First Australians, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein - Westfalen, Dusseldorf, and Hayward Gallery, London, 1994; Australian Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1993; The First Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1993; and Unfamiliar Territory: Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1992.

The title Blackspot situates the idea of an Indigenous photography in the context of recent history debates (the black armband and white blindfold...), whilst also identifying the process of reconciliation as unfinished business in contemporary Australian culture.

Brook Andrew: Eye to Eye will be accompanied by a full colour illustrated catalogue featuring essays by the exhibition curator, Geraldine Barlow; Anne Loxley, Penrith Regional Gallery; Associate Professor Nikos Papastergiadis, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne; and Professor Lynette Russell, Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Monash University.

Dynamic indigenous Australian culture comes to life at the British Museum, but is it anything we haven't seen before?

Indigenous Australians are world's oldest living culture, date back 50,000 yrs - DNA study.

The exercise and enjoyment of human rights by Indigenous Australians was effectively conditional on the removal or abandonment of their distinct culture and identity.

Within the cultures of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians common ceremonial gestures may be found or fresh symbols created.

The Minster emphasises citizenship rights and the ideal of an inclusive society but does elaborate what recognition the special place that Indigenous people occupy as the «first Australians» or recognition of Indigenous culture might entail.

Sometimes it amazes me how many people expect Indigenous Australians to understand and take on our culture, when so few of us even bother to begin to understand theirs.51

Self - determination is not simply about achieving better socioeconomic outcomes; it is also about the right and power of Indigenous Australians, as a distinct peoples, to decide what development they want, how they want to achieve it, and what aspects of their laws, culture and values they will retain or give up in the process.

The project aims to generate opportunities for Indigenous communities to engage in culture based economies and provides economic, cultural, social, and environmental benefits for Indigenous people and the wider Australian community, and creates an offset for the industry partner.

This is an important acknowledgement which recognises the contribution of Indigenous cultures to the fabric of the Australian nation and also recognises the need for greater understanding of Indigenous Australians.

That the two identified criteria (namely, a demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Indigenous cultures; and an ability to communicate effectively with Indigenous peoples) be mandatory for all recruitment processes in the Australian Public Service relating to the new arrangements and in particular for positions in the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination and Indigenous Coordination Centres.

The question is how the Australian law can reflect the rights of Indigenous peoples to revitalise their culture?

The rights agenda presented by the Minister's speech effectively strips away the right of Indigenous Australians to define their own destiny, governance and culture as autonomous peoples and promotes their absorption within rather than their co-existence with the Government's neo-rationalist conception of society as an «aggregation of individuals».

Copyright does not need to be registered as defined by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Our Culture: Our Future, Report on Australian Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights, M Frankel and T Janke, 1998, p 51.

Patent protection is not automatic and patents must be applied for by the Australian Industrial Property Organisation, as defined by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Our Culture: Our Future, Report on Australian Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights, M Frankel and T Janke, 1998, p 565.

The recognition of Indigenous law and continuing connection to land encourages the maintenance of distinct Indigenous cultures within the Australian state, in rejection of assimilation (which sought to break down traditional ways) and in support of self - determination.

The offer of inclusiveness to Indigenous Australians without consideration of the rights and values inherent within Indigenous cultures sounds all too much like invitation to conform to mainstream Australian society without extending a reciprocal invitation to non-Indigenous Australia to examine its relationship to the Indigenous population.

It also acknowledges the spiritual importance of land to Indigenous culture and the continuing connection of Indigenous Australians to country, through customary law, association to place and Indigenous religions.

It includes cultural awareness, or understanding the role of cultural difference and diversity, and the capacity for self - reflection as to how the Western dominant culture impacts on both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

In 2011, Universities Australia developed a National Best Practice Framework for Indigenous Cultural Competency in Australian universities that identifies key content areas as including: concepts of culture, race, ethnicity and worldview; myths, misconceptions and stereotypes about Indigenous people; notions of whiteness, white privilege and power; racism and anti-racist practices.

(ii) The Forum discussed a wide range of issues, but the one issue that discussion returned to time and again was the challenge faced by Indigenous youth in coming to terms with their Indigenous identity and the recognition provided to their culture in mainstream Australian society.

If the power of interests is to determine the basis of Australian society then Indigenous people, as a small minority group, will continue to lose their culture, their land, and their language to the will of the non-Indigenous majority.

The reconciliation process is also evaluated by its stance on native title and the willingness of Australian citizens to give equal respect to Indigenous culture.

(105) OATSIA's vision is» [a] n Australia where Indigenous Australians share equality of opportunity and social and economic wellbeing with their fellow Australians, where they are free from discrimination, and where their cultures and heritage are respected and sustained».

While the High Court's decision in the Mabo case rectified the failure of Australian society to legally recognise Indigenous culture and law, the issue which remains to be resolved is the meaning and value that contemporary Australian society will give to Indigenous culture.

So too was the death this week of another South Australian Indigenous leader, Kuarna Elder Stephen Gadlabarti Goldsmith, acclaimed as a «fierce fighter for his language and culture».

Resources to support this process were highlighted in the workshop, for example, Universities Australia has produced a National Best Practice Framework for Indigenous Cultural Competence in Australian Universities which states that universities should ensure that both students and staff have «knowledge and understanding of Indigenous Australian cultures, histories and contemporary realities and awareness of Indigenous protocols, combined with the proficiency to engage and work effectively in contexts congruent to the expectations of Indigenous Australian Peoples.»

Additional material can be obtained from Janke, T., Our culture, our future: Report on Australian Indigenous cultural and intellectual property at http://www.icip.lawnet.com.au.

A statement in the preamble could describe the place of Indigenous language and culture in Australian society, though it would have no legal or enforceable status.